Lyuba, a beautiful, sophisticated opera singer, takes a few days off to visit her home town Yuriev, with her son. She left Russia several years before to pursue her international career. Her son Andrei reproaches her for not showing enough interest in him and devoting her life only to her art. When they arrive in Yuriev, it proves to be a quite inhospitable place, where time seems to have stopped several decades ago. The locals view these strangers with distrust, fail to answer their questions, making it clear they are not welcome. Before leaving again, mother and son decide to visit a church bell-tower, deeming it the only monument worthy of interest. As they rest on a bench, Lyuba dozes off for a moment, and when she wakes, Andrei has disappeared.

"On the one hand, YURI'S DAY is a story about a relationship between a mother and a son. A story about a strong woman who, placed in an unexpected situation, tries to break through the thick wall of her own egotism. A story of a woman who is being re-born as a mother.… It's also the story of Russia losing its identity, then finding it again."

Kirill Serebrennikov, director