The main hero of the film, Vlad, a man in his forties, lives and works in an old convalescent home which will be demolished. He obviously needs this job to live as a hermit. A night arrives in the house a couple, Vera and Stas. They are on the run. They are pursued by former friends and partners of Stas. Vlad decides to help the spouses because he himself is fleeing from his past. Each of them is threatened with inevitable punishment for having chosen the wrong path one day, but, by helping each other, they will try to redeem the fault committed in the past.