Kolya Semenov grew up in a village, in a fishing village near the river. He likes a girl who wants to become an actress. Once Kolya steals a gazelle to impress the girl. Ahead of him are several years of roads and hills.

For student Masha Matushkina, everything in life could be fine, if not for one big problem: her father who raised her alone is in command of the military registration and enlistment office. Because of this, not a single guy near Masha lingers for a long time - one after another they leave to undergo military service by conscription to the farthest corners of Russia. And although Masha sincerely loves her stubborn dad, the final clash of characters is inevitable. And so it turns out that this epic battle will happen on the day of the anniversary of the respected military commissar ...

After a few years in a big world Kolya is returning to his village and life in the village is going wild.

About the fate of Nikolai Pavlovich Shmidt, a Moscow factory owner who dreamed of improving the condition of workers not only at his own enterprise but throughout Russia.

Children end up in Ancient Greece, where they learn the laws of physics from Archimedes.

Milkmaid Mikheeva, having gone to work, leaves her little son Kolya unattended. The boy finds matches and, playing with them, causes a fire in the house. The child is taken to the hospital with severe burns. The chairman of the collective farm, who has been repeatedly asked to arrange a nursery, begins to realize that he is the real culprit of the trouble.

About the consequences of undisciplined behavior of pedestrians on the street.

1988年的布拉格，大提琴手路卡（Zdenek Sverák 饰）丢掉了乐团的工作多时，只能靠为殡仪馆伴奏和修补墓碑为生。这位大龄单身汉在女人面前颇有魅力，他也乐此不疲，但困窘的生活让他不得不违背初衷，与一位苏联女子假结婚以获得报偿。婚后几日，苏联女子转道投奔西德，将五岁幼子科里亚（Andrei Chalimon 饰）丢给路卡抚养，路卡有一搭没一搭的用对方听不懂的捷克话向科里亚抱怨苏联人的霸道，同时还要应付警察对假结婚的追查以及敌视苏联人的母亲。路卡拜托多位女友照顾科里亚，这对父子也慢慢产生了对彼此的依赖，不久苏联政府要接回孩子，路卡趁着八十年代末混乱的形势，带着科里亚离家出走…… 本片获1997年奥斯卡最佳外语片奖，1996年威尼斯电影节荣誉奖等十几项褒奖。