Sveta, Marina and Lyuba work as prostitutes in a small southern township. Their friend Zhanna, who got a chance for a better life, comes back from Moscow with a plan — she wants to open a local gym. Together girls decide to abandon prostitution and start legal business, but their dream to become free, happy and independent will come at a cost.
Tanya, a young educator, accompanies twelve teenagers to a theatre festival in Sochi under the supervision of Maria Genrikhovna, an experienced head teacher. Initially, there's little sympathy between the two teachers. However, they discover a deeper bond in much more fundamental things: aversion to marching in formation and other forms of officialism. Their ability to find joy even in challenging situations unites them.
Stepa is 28 years old. He was recently released from prison on parole, and now dreams of becoming an elite plumber and working in Moscow. However, fate has other plans. Having inherited his grandmother's old room in Nizhny Novgorod, Stepa became the heir to his relative's dark past: she turned out to be a policeman's gentleman. Now a dishonest policeman demands that Stepa repay her grandmother's debt — 2.5 million rubles, otherwise the young man will go to prison again.
