This new year, the beloved characters of Yolki continue to do silly things and hope for a miracle. Borya must somehow restore his family happiness, and to do so, he is prepared to steal a penguin from his best friend Zhenya.

In the early days of the Great Patriotic War old Kuzmich from the village of Kurakino guesses that a long war lies ahead. As the village falls under German occupation and repressions intensify, he keeps aloof, arousing suspicions. Following the execution of fellow villagers and accusations of betrayal, Kuzmich agrees to serve as a guide for the German detachment, ostensibly to get a horse and save his family. In reality, however, he is planning a sacrificial deception: through his grandson Vaska, he conveys information about the enemy's route to the Soviet troops. At the critical moment, Kuzmich leads the German mountain troopers into a trap, repeating the feat of Ivan Susanin. At the cost of his own life the old man leads the enemy to perdition, becoming a symbol of the people's resistance.

A comedy based on three short novels by Vasiliy Shukshin.

A small child is trapped in a tug-of-war battle between his frivolous, but loving mother and an emotionally abusive neurotic grandmother, who wants to "shelter" her beloved grandson at all cost.

阿廖沙是莫斯科一家小酒馆的乐手，妻子已离他而去美国，另嫁给了美国阔佬。三年后，阿廖沙决定去美国领回他已经七岁的女儿阿纽塔。事情并不顺利，尽管阿纽塔愿意跟随父亲回国，母亲却使用种种手段加以阻挠。阿纽塔离家出走，和父亲一起打算越过墨西哥边境逃出美国。经过一番努力，终未获得成功。在女儿病倒之际，阿廖沙不得不向警方自首……