影片以19世纪上半叶俄罗斯军事史上的戏剧性事件为背景，讲述了伊玛目沙米尔的儿子杰马勒丁和莉莎·奥列宁娜的爱情故事。杰马勒丁作为“伟大的人质”被载入史册，影片试图回答这样一个问题：他是政治的人质，还是伟大爱情的人质。

Nathaniel, a reclusive network administrator immersed in the digital world, falls in love with a girl he only knows online. To meet her in person, he does a series of crazy things. He flies to Novosibirsk, to the middle of nowhere, where he discovers a third world—a world of absolute silence at night, where the nearest power outlet is two hours away. It's a world of unhurried conversations and tall pine trees, a world of grass and skies that doesn't exist in the city.