Young Chechnya war veteran alienates himself from his friends and family because of his burned face. When he has to help find his war-time friend, he manages to get back to life again.

Thirst

In this film people living in Archipki village become members of an experiment initiated by the President of Russia. Every villager should learn by heart an excerpt, or even a whole work from national asset, our literary legacy. It is a benign goal lying behind all this - to unite people and, at last, to find the national idea. But there occurs something which triggers off yet another Russian riot, so senseless and ruthless.