The film shows the daily life of an architecture studio, where a young student comes to work on his dissertation.

谢尔盖·马斯罗夫，一位彼得堡医院的止痛麻醉师， 这一天他的日子不好过。首先是手术做得不成功，然后又与护士克秀莎闹矛盾，还不是因为工作的事，在回家的途中又因喝了点啤酒被扣了驾照。家里也不好点，女儿跟着不明身份的小人跑了，老婆声明，已经怀孕，坚决要生下来，然而他们家住的筒子楼已经够挤的了……
有人给谢尔盖找了一份美差——给一位病人上门打止疼针，报酬不菲，此人名叫儒拉芙略夫，过去曾经深受百姓爱戴的演员，现在老了，几乎把他都忘了，这老人初看起来十分矫情，可是他与谢尔盖之间却建立起相互信任的关系……

In the new Russia, former middle class citizens find themselves out in the dumps. Literally. They build homes, elect their own government, work, beg, scavenge, date and fight all while living in a huge city dump. Some try to beat the odds and return to society, but it seems that there is only one place left for them to go...