Dangerous repeat offenders Cabinet and Corkscrew arrive in Dagomys with the aim of abducting the president of the group, LJZh Zuev R.P. The head of the criminal investigation department, Major Sidorov Ivan, is preparing to meet the guest performers with dignity.

Fifty-year-old Vladimir Ivanovich Prokhorov, relieved of his worldly possessions, takes a journey back in time. Accompanied by a traveling companion barely half his age, he revisits the people and places of his youth and witnesses the dark forces that shaped the 20th century.