The center of the story is Gavr, the leader of a criminal group from a small Russian town. He has spent 12 years behind bars and has finally been released. Gavr is a gloomy and grim man, whose appearance exudes threat. At the prison gates, Gavr encounters his comrades: another gangster and a security guard from a private security company. The hero shares with his friends a plan that came to him while in his cell: in prison, he realized that he had led a very colorful life, which would make for an ideal movie script.