The film's protagonist Valera - cheerful guy from Moscow, who at age 19 learned a whole hell of war in Afghanistan, where he lost a leg. Returning from the war, he had no idea what a nightmare for him is just beginning.
Daughter and husband of a teacher of the high school live in the old house at different floors of multifamily unit. When the former wife gets to hospital the girl leaves in father’s care who is a weak but kind-hearted man.