The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.

Afonya Borshev is a plumber who drinks a lot, flirts a lot and doesn't care too much about tomorrow. His wife left him, his boss placed him on probation, his whole life is falling apart, but he doesn't realize it. When Afonya met Katya at a dance club he didn't pay her much attention, yet she may be the only one who can help him.

23-year-old Vanya Nechkin was a great driver, and a car mechanic from God. He loved life, and women, provided vigorous joke and elegant conversation. He could pretend to be an Italian tenor and a traffic inspector, understood human weaknesses and forgave a lot. But if he saw injustice, he was ready to tear the bastard’s throat out. He came up with a risky trade for himself: he destroyed cars.

Having learned that the empty monastery is facing a thorough reconstruction, the architect decides to capture it alone and prepare design documentation for the restoration of this monument of history and culture. But the monastery turns out to be far from empty. Besides him, a strange old woman also lives in the house.