Valeriy Barabashov

The film takes place during one day of operation of a railway line, the capacity of which is lower than necessary. A disaster occurs: a passenger train crashes into a tank train, the driver's assistant is killed, and traffic on the section is delayed. The film explores the patterns that led to the accident.

The leading actress of a youth theater is forced to perform an openly erotic scene on stage. Trying to protest against the permissiveness and licentiousness that is happening in front of hundreds of young spectators, she tragically dies. The son of an influential businessman in the city, who loves the actress, decides to restore justice and take revenge for the death of his beloved...