A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

The Drama

Малый зал (Зал 2)

Moscow, 1996. Young and enterprising banker Andrey Rubanov has a wife, Irma, and a small child. He and his friend Misha also have over a million dollars between them. Seeing themselves as the future elite of the new state, oligarchs, they sign up for a major deal, but it turns out the friends have been drawn into a massive embezzlement scheme involving billions from the treasury. After his arrest, Andrei ends up in an overcrowded communal cell at Matrosskaya Tishina, a purgatory where he must transform himself into a different person in order to survive and return to the familiar world.