Based on AP Chekhov's story "In the ravine".

Russian village in the late nineteenth century. The family of wealthy owner Grigory Tsibukin, for whom money is the meaning of life. However, unjustly acquired wealth does not bring him happiness.

All her life, Sonya did the best she could for her husband and others. Trying endlessly to please, from a purposeful and dreamy girl, she turned into a "gray mouse", but did not become happy. On the head of Sonya "fall" some trouble: a man forbids to open his studio floristry, she is fired from work, all forget about her birthday. And once, having returned home earlier, she finds her husband in bed with another ...

Sonya, in distressed feelings, jumps into the car and rushes headlong, away from her problems. As a result, the girl gets into an accident and ends up in the hospital at death. Once on the verge of life and death, Sonya now decides to do only what she wants. Will she be able to recover and establish a personal life?

Based on the story of Ivan Bunin.

The film is about a young girl, a schoolgirl. She stands out among her classmates with a pure heart and love for life. She hears birds and is not afraid of other people's opinions. It is open to the world, but too soon…

At the heart of the film almanac is a rethinking of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's stories, each of which shows that such vices as cowardice, bribery, anger, plebeianism and boasting, unfortunately, have not lost their relevance.

The film consists of 5 short stories:

► Help
► Element of cowardice
► Bitter superstitions
► Drama, without coffee and cigarettes
► Post scriptum

A film recounting the memories of Hanna Fedorivna Shcherban, the mother of the renowned Ukrainian ‘Sixties’ poet Vasyl Symonenko (1935–1963).

The programme features the grave of V. A. Symonenko in the city of Cherkasy, and the house in the village of Biivtsi, Lubny District, Poltava Region, where the poet was born. The artist’s mother, H. F. Shcherban, speaks about her son. Archival photographs and audio recordings have been used.