The film tells the story of the legendary Soviet boxer Valery Popenchenko, USSR and European champion and winner of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His life was a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs - from his childhood in Tashkent’s Suvorov Military School and service as a border guard, to his first victories and failures, and his friendship with Dynamo sports society coach Grigory Kusikyants.
What is to be a child to whom parents ask the same question every day: whom does he love more? Mom or dad? What should mom do if she madly loves her son, but circumstances force him to take the child away from his father? What should be done to dad if his son is taken to America forever, and he cannot imagine his life without him? This is a story of choice. When deciding for a child, a parent often does as he is comfortable with. The child agrees, afraid to hurt the parent, but time will pass, he will mature and at some point he will decide for himself. Only the parent from this will be much more painful.
1985年、旧ソ連初の宇宙ステーション、サリュート7と地球との交信が突如途絶えて、サリュート7は漂流を始め、このままでは地球に墜落する恐れも生じる非常事態に。やむなくソ連政府は、宇宙船を新たに打ち上げてサリュート7と手動でドッキングさせ、その原因究明と修復作業に当たることを決断。かくして、熟練の技師ヴィクトルと既に退役していたパイロットのウラジーミルの2人が、この決死のミッションに挑むこととなる。
