Konstantin Yushkevich

A loner American computer hacker is brought to Russia to commit bank fraud, only to find a family and love in the incomprehensible, violent, and chaotic Moscow underworld. (imdb)

In this story, based on a popular play by French playwright Philippe Lellouche, three former classmates, 40s bound, meet in an apartment to talk over shots of vodka and remember their youth. Anatoly, the owner of the apartment, invites the star of their class Maya, who all three of them were in love with 20 years ago. The conversation is strained with four, until they start playing a game of truth. The friends learn things about each other that they might have preferred not to know. (rottentomatoes.com)

Contemporary Russia. Sasha, a beautiful, young photographer, finds her lover, a successful artist, murdered. The police suspect her and the killers want to silence her. She goes on the run from all as she tries to solve this mystery.

Sherlock Holmes follows the trail of Jack the Ripper, who slashed several women in London and left a special message for the detective on each of the murder sites, leading Sherlock to the Russian Empire. (imdb)