1899, the Christmas-time St.Petersburg. Ice-covered rivers and canals of the capital seethe with festive activities. On the eve of the new century those who should not be destined to meet,…

Russia, early 90s. A fictional story inspired by financier Sergey Mavrodi, his securities company “MMM”, and the pyramid scheme he ran that left upwards of fifteen million investors with nothing…

The plot of the movie is based on books of Isaak Babel about Jewish criminals in city of Odessa before and after the Russian revolution.