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In the dim and cold city of Yekaterinburg live an auto mechanic named Petrov (Semyon Serzin), his wife Nurlinisa (Chulpan Khamatova), and their little son. One day they all catch the flu, and this ailment, ordinary for northern residents, transforms their lives and reveals previously unknown facets of it, sometimes frightening, sometimes amusing. The family's temporary madness is further intensified by the fact that it unfolds on New Year's Eve. First Petrov himself, feeling that he's getting sick, heads home. Along the way, on the bus, in a rolling feverish delirium, every word heard, every casually dropped phrase turns in the hero's inflamed mind into a full-fledged scene. A routine remark like "everyone in power right now should be put against the wall" turns into an action-movie hallucination with a revolutionary bent. The monologue of a mad old man becomes a cruel social drama. The matter takes a completely unexpected turn when Petrov's old friend (Yuri Kolokolnikov) suddenly appears on the road, eager to properly celebrate the upcoming...