The documentary series tells about the history of the new Russian cinema in the context of events that changed Russia forever. The narrative is built in chronological order: from 1992, when the first film was released, where "Russia" was listed in the output data instead of "USSR", to the present. Directors, actors and producers will share their memories of the path in Russian cinema. Among them are Fyodor Bondarchuk, Gosha Kutsenko, Evgeny Tsyganov, Zhora Gooseberry, Pyotr Buslov, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Khotinenko, Valeria Guy Germanika, Sergey Selyanov, Egor Konchalovsky and many others.
His motto was laconic: "I promised - stay still." This is how Alexei Balabanov lived, raised his sons, was friends, and so filmed. A legendary director and an extraordinary person who made both "festival" and "mass" films with equal ease. He was a great father and a difficult husband, a loyal friend and an honest guy. Balabanov with his life, passions, losses, burning pain on the way to God in the memories of those closest to him - mother, sons, wife and friends. He seems to be telling the crew again: "Let's do it talentedly!"
Sergei Selyanov is a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and producer. Head of the STV film company, co-founder of the Melnitsa Animation Studio. In 1972-1975 he studied at the Tula Polytechnic Institute, where he shot films in an amateur studio. In 1980 graduated from the scriptwriting department of VGIK, in 1989 from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors. Shot his debut feature film The Name-Day together with Nikolai Makarov in 1980 (released in 1988). In 1992 organized and headed the STV film company. He is a producer of more than 60 feature and documentary films, including Brother (1997), Of Freaks and Men (1998), Brother 2 (2000), The Cuckoo (2002), It Doesn't Hurt Me (2006), Core of the World (2018), Compartment No. 6 (2021), which were awarded at Russian and International film festivals.