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.
A young writer brings a collection of short stories to a big Moscow publishing house. The manuscript stays at the office and mysteriously influences the lives of anyone who opens it and reads at least one page. There are four stories in the manuscript, and four readers whose lives are changed after reading them. The situations range from realistic to absurd to thrilling to create a rich portrait of life in contemporary Russia and showcase the thoughts, feelings and ambitions of people who live there.
Feliks, professional killer, has only 24 hours to get to the distant island, where his beloved woman and the money for the custom made is waiting for him. Lyova Shalamov and his brother Garik have also 24 hours to find and to kill Feliks.
