Biathlete and master of sports, Petya (Yuri Borisov), together with his wife, Nastya (Elizaveta Yankovskaya), almost a Decembrist, for unknown reasons, returns to the village of Kyn in the Perm Region, where he grew up. The young couple shivers in an old cold "pazik" car. From the window, they see snowy hills and fir trees bent under the weight of frost. However, the poetic beauty of the Taiga's beautiful winter landscapes ends there. Petya comes here not out of romantic motives,…