In the old days it was called hypochrondria, or black melancholia. Now, apparently, it's termed the Asthenic Syndrome. Whatever it is, Nikolai, a...

A man goes to see his former schoolmate working at a boiler house and persuades him to burn in the furnace the corpse of his communal flat neighbor...

A woman is paid a surprise visit by her long-forgotten classmate, who needs her advice: should he choose a wife or a lover? An outrageously...

A judge is devastated after the death of his wife and is neglectful of his children. His son befriends the children of a street beggar who live in...

This celebrated director's "exquisite cruelty" appears front and center when the death of a stage actor turns a theatrical drama into a real one...

A lawyer defends a wealthy woman accused of murder. She claims it was self-defense. The lawyer is not sure.

A strange man intervenes between ex-spouses on a matter directly related to a large sum of money one of them had secured after selling a piece of...

In this affectionate, leisurely paced comedy, an Odessa policeman is out walking his beat when he discovers an adorable infant abandoned in a...