In this affectionate, leisurely paced comedy, an Odessa policeman is out walking his beat when he discovers an adorable infant abandoned in a cabbage patch. He does his duty and takes the baby to an orphanage, but later he and his wife, who have an unusually affectionate and cozy relationship, decide to try and adopt the little one. What they must go through to accomplish that goal is anything but straightforward.
Based on the motifs of M. Bulhakow's story with the same title. The thing about the scientist-zoologist Persikow, whose unique invention makes the rate of formation and development of organisms grow thousands of times. The experiment subjects eggs of the anaconda, which by mistake go to the mad director of the model chicken farm, dealing with rebuilding the hen population in the country. Irradiated reptiles, hatching from eggs, start to devour.
An adaptation of Jesus' life, the film mixes real and imaginary characters, biblical and historical references, to present two worlds condemned to coexist.
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The film narrates about the Pomors of the past and present. Over ten years of expeditions, the Solovetsky Maritime Museum and the Northern Seafaring Association have sent the yacht St. Peter to dozens of coastal villages and fishing grounds of the Pomor communities. Using as narrator an old Pomor man, the film reflects on past memories and present realia onboard the naval expedition. This is a journey into the past and present of the Pomors, designed to tell more about the indigenous communities along the White Sea coast and the philosophy of the contemporary Russians living off the sea.
