Anna Levit

In the late-1990s squalid town of Nalchik, a poor young Jewish couple is kidnapped and a grievous ransom is demanded, as bitter resentments and cruel dilemmas come to light, magnifying the small community's grave predicament.

1984, in the USSR, a group of friends try to live their lives despite the corrupt system running their student dorm. They share their griefs and joys, until a tragic suicide sends a shock wave through the dorm.