本剧讲述了村姑斯特莎·捷尔诺娃（Екатерина Астахова饰）跌宕起伏的情感故事。斯特莎的父母在她七岁时为保护教堂的圣像画去世，还背上了盗窃的恶名。与爷爷相依为命的她一心想洗清父母的冤屈，并前往大城市学习绘画。来到小村进行教堂修缮的莫斯科画家鲍里斯（Иван Стебунов饰）给予她久违的希望，而青梅竹马的旧日伙伴叶戈尔（Александр Давыдов饰）于此时复员回乡，急切地想与她成婚。斯特莎陷入一个又一个两难境地与圈套，不惜一切代价捍卫自己的幸福......

A cold universe. Individuals with a cage enclosing a ballon where their heads should be; they come and go in the streets of an immense metropolis. They resemble one another, have a standardised way of life. Some, in a fit of madness or lucidity try to make their balloon fly away, but any such attempt is systematically doomed to failure.... One of them, against the odds, finds a means to escape. 　　一个冰冷的世界里，那里的个体的头被一个关着气球的笼子取代了。他们相遇在一个巨大的城市的街道上，这些个体外形相似，用同一种标准的方式生活。他们中的某些人，因为疯狂或者清醒，试图拿掉那些笼子，可是每一次尝试都失败了。但其中有一个人仍然找到了逃脱的方式。

安静的大房子内，小金丝雀正在自己的笼子内打盹。突然，房间传来了吵闹声，原来汤姆和杰瑞这对冤家又打了起来，他们一路追逐，砸坏了不少家具和器皿。终于，弱小的杰瑞被汤姆逼到绝路，眼看就要成为老对手的盘中之菜。在这关键时刻，金丝雀见义勇为，拆掉了笼子的底座，结果汤姆被底座砸个正着，眼冒金星。好不容易要抓住杰瑞了，却半路杀出个程咬金，这令汤姆十分生气，他转而追杀金丝雀。看到金丝雀为了自己落于危难之中，杰瑞反过来帮助金丝雀躲避汤姆的追杀。在这一过程中，他们成为了好朋友。 　　虽然三番五次受挫，可是执着的汤姆决不放弃，他一定要抓到这两个讨厌的小家伙……

楚天娇为护公婆防卫过当入狱五年，刑满释放后，丈夫霍延庭温情相迎，公婆态度复杂，青梅宋青青以“霍家照顾者”自居，对她百般挑衅，欲夺霍延庭。宋青青屡施恶计：炫耀公婆所赠豪车、洗霍延庭内裤宣示地位，楚天娇见招拆招；霍山峰寿宴上，她买通佣人用迷药设计“出轨”，被楚天娇录音反制；后续P裸照、下泻药等阴谋，均被楚天娇巧妙化解，反让宋青青自食恶果。宋青青贼心不死，潜入卧室偷窃遭电击，甚至下药算计霍延庭，却不知霍延庭早已洞悉，与楚天娇及悔悟的公婆联手，揭穿其所有阴谋。最终，宋青青被逐出霍家。半年后，楚天娇与霍延庭感情愈笃，公婆真心悔过，一家人在楚天娇生日欢聚，终得幸福美满。

楚天娇为护公婆防卫过当入狱五年，刑满释放后，丈夫霍延庭温情相迎，公婆态度复杂，青梅宋青青以“霍家照顾者”自居，对她百般挑衅，欲夺霍延庭。宋青青屡施恶计：炫耀公婆所赠豪车、洗霍延庭内裤宣示地位，楚天娇见招拆招；霍山峰寿宴上，她买通佣人用迷药设计“出轨”，被楚天娇录音反制；后续P裸照、下泻药等阴谋，均被楚天娇巧妙化解，反让宋青青自食恶果。宋青青贼心不死，潜入卧室偷窃遭电击，甚至下药算计霍延庭，却不知霍延庭早已洞悉，与楚天娇及悔悟的公婆联手，揭穿其所有阴谋。最终，宋青青被逐出霍家。半年后，楚天娇与霍延庭感情愈笃，公婆真心悔过，一家人在楚天娇生日欢聚，终得幸福美满。

楚天娇为护公婆防卫过当入狱五年，刑满释放后，丈夫霍延庭温情相迎，公婆态度复杂，青梅宋青青以“霍家照顾者”自居，对她百般挑衅，欲夺霍延庭。宋青青屡施恶计：炫耀公婆所赠豪车、洗霍延庭内裤宣示地位，楚天娇见招拆招；霍山峰寿宴上，她买通佣人用迷药设计“出轨”，被楚天娇录音反制；后续P裸照、下泻药等阴谋，均被楚天娇巧妙化解，反让宋青青自食恶果。宋青青贼心不死，潜入卧室偷窃遭电击，甚至下药算计霍延庭，却不知霍延庭早已洞悉，与楚天娇及悔悟的公婆联手，揭穿其所有阴谋。最终，宋青青被逐出霍家。半年后，楚天娇与霍延庭感情愈笃，公婆真心悔过，一家人在楚天娇生日欢聚，终得幸福美满。

Four centuries before the beginning of our era, Aristofanes wrote the comedy Ornithes . In it, two men leave their birthplace in search of a better life. They arrive in the forest of the birds and meet Hoopoe, the man who has become a bird. 　　This Greek comedy is a reverie, a voyage of discovery, an essay and perhaps also an indictment. The film mixes talking heads with theater, street scenes and beautiful views. The foundation is a desire for freedom but also the obstacles that humanity imposes on itself to find that freedom; walls around a country, social conventions, rules. Children rock to feel the tingling in their belly, that evolutionary reminder of what it was like to whiz through the air. 　　You can go in all directions in the air, says the man who no longer wants to walk but flies. "Gravity is mortality," says another. Meanwhile, two men go looking for bird man Hoopoe. 　　_____________________ 　　A hybrid film, at the edge of documentary, fiction, and political fantasy, by cinematographer Babis Makridis, of “L” (Sundance Film Festival 2012) and “Pity” (Sundance Film Festival 2018, Best Film, Greek Film Academy 2019). 　　The film “The Birds or how to be one” draws its inspiration from the archetypical myth of Aristophanes’s “The Birds,” Nikos Karathanos’s production, and its participants, filming them off stage, in real spaces and natural environments—from lava fields in Iceland to the plateaus of Patagonia, and from Times Square to the Egyptian pyramids. Everything takes place in a universe of fluid “everyday” routine, among theater PEOPLE, ornithologists, and pragmatic recluses who all dream of flying. 　　The film will have its world premiere at the Voices section of the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020. The section presents "movies driven by powerful stories, captivating subjects and important themes. Each film brings a distinctive view of the world, from filmmakers with a confident voice". The movie was also part of Work in Progress by Les Arc Festival 2019, while in January 2020 it will be presented at Santiago a Mil Festival in Chile, together with the updated edition of "The Birds" performance by Nikos Karathanos.