Before you is one of the most wonderful plays by Mikhail Roshchin, “The Old New Year” (1967), which was based on the famous film of the same name.

A New Year’s party is taking place in a recently occupied house. Two neighboring families, despite all their differences, have one similarity: both have a husband who is dissatisfied with life. Soon both losers, slamming the doors, leave their new apartments - to soon find peace in a close male company.