We are in East Berlin, 1978. It’s summer, three years after Wassilly’s death. Nelly’s boyfriend and Alexei’s father died in a car accident in Russia.

　Meek farmhand Sasha and policeman Dima have a fraught relationship. They’re brothers-in-law, travel companions, and?—secretly?—lovers. Over the cours

这是强调公开性和自由的年代，报纸上天天都在谈“改革”，号召“为大胆的改革做好准备”。“业余时间管理局”局长雅罗斯拉夫对现状很不满意：人们用严肃的文学著作和政治书籍去换取畅销小说。局长很想制订一个文件制止这种 ，却又无能为力。副局长菲里莫诺夫和他的助手伊克沙诺夫在审查医疗卫生系统排练的果戈理名剧《钦差