The name of Georgy Isidorovich Polonsky (1939-2001) is well known thanks to the films shot according to his scripts: "We'll live to see Monday" (1968), "The Key without the right of transfer" (1972), "Don't leave..." (1989). But Polonsky's texts are valuable in themselves — they are fascinating, they are distinguished by the virtuoso precision of dramaturgy: under the influence of small, like sand, events, the characters of his stories change, the truth is imperceptibly deformed… An incredible effort may be required to save yourself, to go against the odds, to overcome fear or pain. This sweetness is also deprived of the fictional worlds of Polonsky (the kingdom of Abidonia or Puhoperonia, for example), no wonder his fairy tales are for adults. Heroes always follow high ideals. But not every character is a hero. And in the wonderful kingdoms too…