Rezo Chkheidze

The film is based on authentic events that took place in 1957 in Kursk. Fifteen years after the war, the sappers will have to clear away the ammunition depot left by the German's. The town rebuilt with such difficulty is under threat of explosion...

An orphaned boy, Lazare, follows a wandering blind man from village to village to find the daily bread. Despite the extreme hardships, their relationship becomes a kind of moral support for the child.