Oleg (Oleg Basilashvili) is in for a really strange time, that much is clear. Of course, just the fact of his desire to visit a gypsy fortuneteller in the first place is an indication of that. He's well past middle age, in his 50s, and is an established, well-known writer. When the fortuneteller told him the same thing (you will have an unusual time), he didn't really believe her. However, when he runs into a 25-year old man in his apartment claiming the same parentage, profession, name and birthday - as well as having a scar over his eye identical to the one older Oleg has, it seems like the prediction has already come true - but it is just beginning. Oleg the younger (Andrei Sokolov) says he's leaving for Israel in the morning, but between then and now, he's at Oleg the older's disposal. For some reason, the presence of this near-doppelganger lends the older man courage and recklessness unlike anything he ever had before, and as he sets things right and gets revenge for previous slights, strange adventures abound. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

新年前夕，住在莫斯科的外科医生热尼亚和他的朋友们按照传统，除夕之夜去公共浴池洗澡，为的是洗去晦气，干净地迎新年。朋友们一时兴起喝得酩酊大醉，最后把不该去列宁格勒的热尼亚，送上了飞往列宁格勒的飞机。走出机场，出租车司机把热尼亚送到同一街名同一门牌的大楼前，热尼亚用钥匙打开同一号住宅的房门，里面又是同样的家具。热尼亚在那里戏剧性地结识了美丽的娜佳，并爱上了她。