Young Ivan Drago's newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention, and pits him against the inventor Morodian, who has long desired to destroy the city of Zyl, founded by Ivan's grandfather. To save his family and defeat Morodian, Ivan must come to know what it is to be a true Games Maker.

It is a great film by a great director.Kira Muratova has never been given her due in the Soviet and post-Soviet Russia.In the Long Good Bye she depicts a seemingly banal story of a jealous and possessive mother (brilliantly acted by Zinaida Sharko) and her poor aloof and lonely son (the only cinematic role by the talented O. Vladimirsky). The story - which is nothing extraordinary in itself - grows into the wonderful and frightening analysis of alienation between genders and generations on the background of the even more frighteningly bleak and dehumanized Soviet reality.Kira Muratova shows the tiny details of everyday Soviet life,and, again , banal as they are ,they are a hair-raising horror.The dialogue is deliberately laconic and void of any sense, showing the ever-growing people's inability to communicate and understand each other.The sound track ( by another under-estimated talent, Oleg Karavaichuk)adds to the atmosphere of hopeless and meaningless existence.Of course,Sasha (the name of the protagonist),will leave his despotic ( but loving!) mother sooner or later, but where for (c)

贝斯（克里斯蒂娜·里奇 Christina Ricci 饰）在父亲去世之后，和母亲一起搬家来到了一座依山傍水的小镇中疗伤，刚开始，贝斯对这里的生活非常的不适应，她十分想念大城市洛杉矶的繁华和在那里生活的朋友们。一次偶然中，贝斯结识了名为朱莉（安娜·克鲁姆斯基 Anna Chlumsky 饰）的女孩，朱莉是镇上家喻户晓的坏孩子，总是惹出各种各样的麻烦，但贝斯却觉得朱莉的本性善良。

阿贝尔是个性格谨小慎微的单身男子，他妈妈则性格与之相反，热情奔放又浪漫至极。阿贝尔的妈妈爱上了一个刚出狱的魅力老男人米歇。米歇动用谜之关系帮阿贝尔妈妈开了梦想中的花店。阿贝尔感到这背后定有隐情。阿贝尔暗恋着自己的同事兼好朋友克莱门。喜欢冒险的克莱门跟阿贝尔一起暗中调查西尔维，果然发现各种可疑线索……克莱门追求刺激渐渐沉迷其中，阿贝尔为了心上人不得不铤而走险，平淡人生从此翻天覆地。

新年将至，文化宫正在筹备一场盛大的跨年晚宴。奥古尔（伊戈尔·伊林斯基 Igor Ilyinsky 饰）是文化宫新上任的主任，这个严肃的男人决定将晚宴上要表演的所有节目都重新审核一遍，并且在跨年当天发表一份长达40分钟的学术演讲。　　晚宴上的一切都让奥古尔感到非常的不爽——女演员们的裙子太短、乐队演奏的歌曲太过于花哨和肤浅、参会者竟然想带起花里胡哨的狂欢节面具来遮掩他们的容貌。奥古尔雷厉风行的对整改晚会节目下达了指令，年轻人们当然不会就这样受人摆布，他们决定见招拆招，和奥古尔暗中较劲。