Billy Hughes, una joven americana muda que trabaja en Rusia, presencia un brutal asesinato en un plató de cine. A partir de ese momento, se convierte en el objetivo de los asesinos; pero es que además tanto la policía como sus compatriotas ponen en duda su testimonio. No le queda entonces más remedio que aferrarse al único hombre que le ofrece ayuda, aunque no sepa muy bien si trata de salvarla o de asesinarla.
Sergey Gromov is a professional stuntman. Sergey spends time free from filming to earn extra money. He mainly deals in driving cars from city to city for sale. And rich businessmen pay him well.
Pavel and Pavelina leave their rural countryside homes and move to Moscow to find work. Once there, they find that urban life is not what they thought it was and have to endure bitter hardships as they try to find work and places to live. The two meet for the first time during a fight at a bar, when they are arrested by police along with others in the building. The understand each other's troubles and band together to avoid both the police and criminal gangs that plagued Moscow toward the end of the Soviet Union.
