Based on the best-selling novel by Vasily Shklyar Black Raven. Zalishenets.

The film takes place in 1922. A former UNR army officer Ivan (nicknamed Raven) comes with his pregnant wife to his father on a farm near the village of Kamenka. They hope to start a new life, get documents, adapt to the new government. But already at the station witness the unloading pancerniki and fresh shelf GPU, headed by the security officer Evdokimov, who arrived on the suppression of Holodnaya. Ivan very quickly realizes that in the heart of the cold-Blooded Republic to escape from the war will not succeed. Soon Evdokimov arrest associated with the rebels of John's father, and he himself is trying to recruit and get to ingratiate himself to the rebels. Ivan faces a dilemma – to endure shame and violence against his family for the sake of the illusion of peace, or to join the rebels.

A bandit, nicknamed Roman, arrives in a small town. He plans to negotiate with local thugs and turn the city into a base for drug transit. However, the town is filled with local authority Lihach. In the center of the bandit confrontation is a simple guy Paul, who with his bride decides to leave the dying town and go to the capital.

To fulfill his promise and not lose his bride, Paul agrees to Romania's proposal. The task of the bandit seems simple and the money easy. But in the pursuit of easy money, Paul loses everything.

According to the story of Alexander Zhovny "Sweet illusion of life".

This is the story of two couples in love. One is not quite ordinary, the other is quite unusual. These people are uncomfortable in today's, brutal and cynical world. In addition, two in four are people with Down Syndrome, the so-called "sun children." But is it sunny enough for them in this world? .. Suddenly, they have an amazing opportunity to walk through the screen of an unusual movie theater into the world of good old black and white cinema.

This movie is the first exploration of the Ukrainian track in Hollywood.

For years, various news sources born in Ukraine have been called Russian, but it is time to put a dash above and in the question of who is who in Hollywood and find out what talents from Ukraine have succeeded. The story of the achievements of Ukrainians of the past is intertwined with the personal stories of those who light their stars in the Hollywood sky today.