After perestroika in the Soviet Union there is a total collapse of the Soviet system, which leads to chaos in the country. The protagonist of the film, a foreign student, after graduation does not want to return to his country because of the military coup that took place there. But the Soviet government gave clear deadlines for him to leave the country. At the end of the deadline, law enforcement agencies take the student to the airport. Having escaped from registration, he manages to return to Moscow, where he continues to live in an abandoned house. All these events came from the pen of the writer of the novel, who lives the life of his hero.—Kino-Teatr.ru