Filmde, 1985 yılının Sovyet Rusya’sında yaşanan gerçek olaylardan esinlenilmiştir. Salyut 7 uzay istasyonu ile iletişim koptuktan sonra, uzay adamları Vladimir Dzhanibekov ve Viktor Sayinkh boş ve donmuş olan uzay aracına kenetlenip onu hayata döndürürler.

Salyut 7

In the center of the plot children's writer Valentin Shubin, accustomed to live in seclusion. His books about the elephant Mishka, written in his youth, enjoyed great success both at home and abroad. A series of random events causes a new surge of interest in the personality and creativity of the writer-introvert. Adults and young readers waiting for new books, but Shubin them does not want to write.