Lives of several families dramatically cross in a small suburban town.
"The Man of No Return" is a film with many well-drawn characters whose lives and destinies interweave as they cross paths. The basis of the stories can be found in an older couple with three adult children, each living their own life. As Tolstoy wrote: Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. The Knyazev family has its own crosses to bear. The viewer discovers them step by step as the destinies and deep secrets of each family member are unveiled. The mother is terminally ill, the father (a former military man) has an unbearable conflict with his son. Two daughters seem to be successful but that is only wishful thinking. Life, love and the pursuit of happiness in a small town somewhere on the river Volga reminds us of life in any small town: fast, modern and lonely.
