The village doctor who works in an X-ray lab in a hospital paints the portraits of the local inhabitants. He literally can see them through. His paintings are very good, he loves those people. Just like other artists Turin in his creative work turns to nude. This is normal, but... Somebody cruelly injures him, breaks his arm, and destroys his mental perception: Turin is not able to protect himself. He is an invalid since he was born.

Story of Tyurin, Artist and Victim

The film is a means of understanding the personal, political and economic reasons that resulted in the creation of a system of forced restraint to work GULAG. Authors use the experience of the writer Varlam Shalamov and a number of new works on the history of Russia.