A sheltered, straight-A high school senior, Andrea Marr, becomes infatuated with a local rock singer, Todd Sparrow, and dives into the underground music scene, neglecting her friends and academic life in the process.
Egor drops out of the university for the second year in a row and returns to Minsk. Because of such irresponsibility he quarrels with his mother and his girlfriend. Eventually, he is left with no money and no roof over his head. As his 20th birthday approaches, he is overcome with melancholy.