Elena is a student in Minsk. She is having an intense but self-destructive love affair with Viktor. When Elena's father goes to prison she has to take charge of his business dealings to help him. She drives repeatedly into the restricted zone at Chernobyl, behind the wheel of a truck, in order to smuggle contaminated steel. The conflicts with Viktor escalate, and Elena is increasingly captivated by the zone's deceptive beauty...
Mihalych - Stepan's Father
Minsk, Bielorrusia, 1996. Velya, una aspirante a DJ, quiere trasladarse a Chicago para hacer realidad sus sueños, pero la burocracia, una línea telefónica y la condición humana le pondrán obstáculos difíciles de evitar.
