March 1965. In the heat of the Cold War, the USA and the USSR are competing for supremacy in space. What both superpowers aim for in this race, is to be the first to have a man walk in outer space. To accomplish that, no price is too high and no risk is too great. Now it’s up to the unlikely duo of a seasoned war veteran and a hot-headed test-pilot to fulfill this mission. Two men in a tiny spaceship, without proper testing, facing the complete unknown. They were supposed to do what no man has done before—and no man imagined what would happen next.
100 years ago, the Russian Empire ... Christmas Eve. December plugs, holiday celebrations, balls and modest luxury holidays, titled nobles and ordinary peasants, the royal family and the soldiers of the First World War, progressive poets and the first skaters - everything was different, except ... the holiday. People prepared, lived, believed dreaming and waiting for this miracle - Christmas!
Leonid is the head of the mafia and the Godfather of the city. He returns home to his family from another one of his “business trips”. His homecoming is marked by a flurry of unresolved matters that demand his immediate attention. In his large dimly lit office, Leonid is confronted by unfamiliar faces seeking his assistance. A local restaurateur asks for his intervention in a dispute involving his partner – Сhef Giacomo. This Italian man took his money to launch the restaurant, but it is still doesn’t work. Therefore, the restaurateur wants to get his investment back and exit the business. Leonid promises to resolve the issue. However, after befriending Chef Giacomo, he "buys out" the restaurateur's share and grandly opens "Vesuvius", unaware that he has fallen into a trap that will change his life and subject to a real test his family's strength...
