At the end of the 70s in a small Soviet provincial town lives little Michka rejected by his parents. With his frankness, his naive boldness and his love of music, he wins the sympathy of John, a local bandit and with the help of his godfather he begins his misdeeds in bars, definitively distancing himself from his family in social breakdown.
Suddenly, John is murdered before Michka's eyes. The latter, without thinking, shoots the murderer and becomes a murderer himself.
What will become of him, released from prison and entering a country that has become completely new? Criminal or rock star?