Alena Mikhaylova

She always has a plan. For each his own. For everyone another name. One needs Vera (Faith), another Nadezhda (Hope). And almost all need Liubov (Love). She leaves every one at his own time. She finds a reason. But who knows where deceit ends which people buy only for the sake of money, and when genuine feelings begin? And who knows who she is: just a kept woman in the capital, or an artful swindler, or a talented actress, or a woman who is able only to love? To love them all.

1984, Sverdlovsk, USSR. A shy freshman, an entrepreneur, a poet and two charming it-girls navigate life in a student dorm, sharing their griefs and joys, all for one and one for all. Suddenly a horrible accident blows up the life of the dorm when a female student commits suicide. The dorm is a miniature model of the world that encapsulates the full range of human passions, acts of bravery and cowardice, aspirations for virtue and failures, of love, friendship and betrayal.

Southern outskirts of the former Russian Empire. War has just finished. Ivan and his wife Katya live in a house on the outskirts of their village surrounded by windy steppe. In search of an occupation Ivan leaves his wife and sets off on a journey into the deserted landscape. Having come back home, Ivan finds his wife dead. Realizing his loss, he can no longer see any point in living and finds a way out in setting off to join a new war, where he’ll find answers, meet his death and rejoin his beloved wife.

Antonina Miliukova is a beautiful and bright young woman, born in the aristocracy of 19th century Russia. She could have anything she'd want, and yet her only obsession is to marry Pyotr Tchaikovsky, with whom she falls in love from the very moment she hears his music. The composer finally accepts this union, but after blaming her for his misfortunes and breakdowns, his attempts to get rid of his wife are brutal. Consumed by her feelings for him, Antonina decides to endure and do whatever it takes to stay with him. Humiliated, disgraced and discarded, she is slowly driven to madness.

Ciao, 2020!

Sveta, Marina and Lyuba work as prostitutes in a small southern township. Their friend Zhanna, who got a chance for a better life, comes back from Moscow with a plan — she wants to open a local gym. Together girls decide to abandon prostitution and start legal business, but their dream to become free, happy and independent will come at a cost.

A group of investigators finds murdered teenagers in a city collector. Unraveling this case step by step, the police faces an unconditional evil - a whirlpool of a big city, which sucks and destroys the weak - those whom no one loves and does not care for. This evil destroys people with impunity, and each of the characters is forced to face it personally, look inside themselves to meet their own demons and fears.

Alyona Lipnitskaya, at the head of a team of doctors, helps patients to establish a personal life using the author's technique and demonstrates by her example the effectiveness of the chosen lifestyle — Alyona turns 50, but others do not give her more than 35. Her clinic is visited by people whose health problems and relationships with loved ones are rooted in sexual disharmony. However, problems appear in the life of a happy and successful doctor of sciences — the puzzle of a happy life collapses in an instant. Alyona will have to fight for the clinic, sort out her personal life and find a new formula for happiness.

Young couple Polina and Nikita are going to divorce, however suddenly revealed a very unexpected truth: a nasty client accidental murder of an agency where both work, bringing back their relationship an old passion. Finally this incidental happening leading a couple to become serial killers.

Sergey «Fidget» Yevdokimov returns home after serving 8 years in prison. Here, he has an autistic brother, an alcoholic mother, an ex-wife with a kid, and double crossing friends. While in prison, Sergey was a UFC fighter, but he wants to start over. His father returns at the same time, while actually fleeing from prosecution. Aleksandr «Doc» Yevdokimov is a former UFC champion who’s now a fitness instructor. Doc enters the world of UFC again to win and make money, but this time, with the help of his prot?g?s. He brings his mistress Vera along. Sergey has no desire to patch things up with his father and especially with his lover, but Doc convinces him to join the team and participate in underground fights.

Summer, St. Petersburg of the XXI century. Student Rodion Raskolnikov is exhausted by lack of money, unemployment and thoughts about the meaninglessness of his existence. But the idea is maturing in his mind that some people have the "right" to do the most vile things if they make great discoveries and move the world forward. To test the theory on himself, he kills an old woman-a micro-lender. Investigator Porfiry Petrovich is on the trail of Raskolnikov, who wants to get a sincere confession from him.

An ambitious professor of psychiatry, Viktor Meshchersky, conducts a dangerous psychological experiment in which, under false pretenses, he locks victims and their abusers in the basement, hiding his true goals. The subsequent investigation will reveal the real motives of the professor, and will tie together the confusing stories of all participants in the cruel experiment.

Being a model is hard work, it involves 15-16—year-old girls who leave their families for foreign countries, take responsibility for adult life, earn money and help their families — they do what adults usually do. They work on an equal basis with adults, because in the fashion industry, children and young girls are only models.