The movie is based on the real story of Nika Turbina, once world-famous Soviet child poetess, who got completely forgotten in the 1990s. That's when we meet her: at the age of 27 Nika is full of hopes and doubts regarding her gift. Due to the age restriction, she's got just one shot to enter the Drama School, and that's her only chance to separate from her cherishing and oppressive mother. Acquaintance with a new friend Ivan gives Nika hope for a happy future, but there is still something in her memory that triggers her. Tragically cheerful, painfully confused and desperately believing in love and life after childhood, Nika puts everything on the line to overcome ghosts of the past.
러시아 연방 보안국 소속 요원인 이고르는 북 카프카스에서 극악한 테러범 샤밀 일당에게 붙잡혔다가 병사 한 명의 목숨과 맞바꿔 간신히 탈출한다. 2년 후, 트라우마에 빠져 있는 이고르에게 전 동료 라빌이 찾아와 테러 제거 작전에 함께할 것을 제안한다. 망설이던 이고르는 악순환의 고리를 끊기 위해 다시 카프카스로 향하는데…
