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.
1985년 냉전 시대, 우주를 향한 국가간의 끝없는 경쟁이 펼쳐졌다. 소비에트 연방의 전유물인 살류트-7(Salyut-7) 우주 정거장이 궤도를 이탈하게 되고, 제어할 수 없는 우주선에 도킹을 시도하기 위해 떠나는 블라디미르와 빅토르. 그들에게 인류 역사상 최대의 미션이 주어진다!
