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When the crew of a bankrupt cargo ship gets stuck on board for months, isolation breeds pressures that sink the men into a sea of madness and terror.

10-year-old Sasha is sent to a magical "Land of Good Kids" after her parents wish away her naughty side on New Year's Eve. A perfect "Good Girl" replaces her at home while she plots her escape.

Lena is a bright, disabled girl who, after years spent studying at home, is keen to get back to school. She is assigned to a special class for disabled pupils who have to present themselves before a school commission at the end of the year in order to prove that they merit being moved back into a "normal" class. Her enervated teachers, however, show absolutely no desire to motivate the students and help them improve; on the contrary, they try to quash right from the start any interest Lena shows in more complex study material. Nevertheless, Lena soon involves herself in the school routine and gets together with classmate Anton. Yet their transparent happiness is not to everyone's liking and repercussions soon follow.

The story follows a number of protagonists who are hiding from truths or escaping them, lying to each other in a circle of deceit whose consequences will eventually engulf them and force them into confronting their truths.