Aleksandra Revenko

Contemporary Russia. A high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him. (imdb)

In winter, St. Petersburg transforms into a fairy tale-like wonderland where frozen rivers and canals serve as the iced-over roads and bustle with skaters and markets. The city is home to 18-year-old Matvey who works as an ice-skating delivery boy at a local bakery. The son of a poor lamplighter, his only treasure is a pair of silver-plated skates he inherited from his father. (imdb)

Once robbers break into the measured and happy life of an architect and his wife. Now Andrey's only dream is to erase that nightmare from Olya's memory. Desperate searches for a solution lead him to an eerie apartment in the House on the Embankment to the mysterious Mara, who promises a "special" medicine.