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, Belarus, 1996. Velya, uma aspirante a DJ, quer se mudar para Chicago para realizar seus sonhos, mas a burocracia, uma linha telefônica e a condição humana irão colocar obstáculos em seu caminho que serão difíceis de evitar.
