Set in contemporary Moscow, this comedy drama from 72-year-old director Pyotr Todorovsky is a remake of Abram Room's controversial silent film Bed and Sofa (1927). Actor Sergei leaves his wife and drops in on friend Kostya, married to Rita. Rita and Sergei pair off after Kostya goes away on a business trip, and when Kostya returns, they become a threesome. Shown at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival.

The life of the main character Maria, a talented scientist-pharmacist, abruptly changes the chain of mysterious events. First, the husband goes missing, and then the murders begin in the city. Three weeks later, the heroine finds her husband, but, alas, it is not so pleased with her — she recognizes a loved one in the sketch of a homicidal maniac. Despite the support of friends, Mary is on the verge of despair…