Kinopoisk

A collection of jokes by Sergey Orlov that didn’t make it into his major solo specials: a selection of observations, stories, and reflections on a trip to America and the clash between expectations and reality, poor English skills, travel, life after thirty, and other everyday situations that serve as a starting point for exploring why people are the way they are.

Young artist Rustam is in love with the beautiful Madina. To get her attention, he decides to give her the gift of her dreams, a pair of wonderful Ochi-3000 glasses. Rustam sets off to Gigapolis in his old flying Volga taxi. He has to make 300 trips to collect the necessary amount of money and fulfill Madina's wish.

Prince Romanovsky's estate is burned down to the ground, and his family is exterminated by a French detachment led by the madman Elif Courage. Young Mikhail miraculously survives, saved by a mysterious lone partisan whom the French call the Ghost. Dreaming of revenge, the prince sets out with the Ghost, unaware of the trials that lie ahead...

According to Elena Novikova, from birth, every woman hears this infernal mechanism: "the ticking clock." This ticking dictates when to get married, when to have children, how to look, and where to be. By 30, this sound becomes deafening, by 45, it becomes background noise, and by 56, Novikova claims, zen finally sets in. Elena dissects every stage of the female "obstacle course": from beauty standards, ageism, maternal exploits, to menopause.

The city is mired in darkness. The drug trade is experiencing its heyday. People were not ready for this. It all started when, a year and a half ago, the list of side effects of Naphthyzin grew significantly. This medicinal drug is on par with heroin and cocaine in terms of potency. A stir begins around this, and it disappears from the shelves almost instantly. This has made it even more attractive to people who sell death. Points instantly emerge where even a child could easily buy a product that, in six months, would tear their nose apart.