Moving to Spassk from Moscow in search of a better life, the Koltsov family opens a cafe “Bird of Happiness” in the city and immediately brings a note of freedom of thought, initiative and independence to provincial life. This threatens to disrupt the harmonious organization of the “patriarchate”, established by Matvey Pakhomov, the owner of the bakery and the unofficial owner of the city. In a quiet, almost "fairytale" town, a conflict is brewing between a benefactor father and a dynasty of born
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