Year of Porn

Being young in Yoshkar-Ola is not easy. Especially if you are indifferent to hookahs, read Thomas Wolfe in the original, befriend a homeless artist, and spend nights in your car. Mark graduated from university, had a falling out with his... father, and left home. Now he works as a barista and translates porn films, while at night he fantasizes about his ex. Mark is ashamed of his Mari eye shape. Wherever he is and with whomever, he feels like an outsider.

In exploring his roots, Mark learns the truth about the crimes of the Soviet era. They must not be repeated.

The new summer will bring wildfires — they will have to be extinguished by twenty-year-olds.