Khanin is a senior officer in a criminal investigation squad at one of Moscow’s
regional police stations. He is about forty, single, without any savings,
without promotion, and with almost no friends. The meaning of his life is
work, in which he immerses himself. He does not notice that he gradually
loses the most basic human feelings and is no longer able to empathize
with his surroundings. An emergency governs the district when a serial
murderer is going round. Khanin cannot predict his actions. Unexpectedly
an orphan girl by the name of Plague comes to his aid. She is like Khanin
in her indifference to the world around: there is nothing left in her soul but
embitterment about the world. But the teamwork changes this: Khanin
becomes a real friend for Plague, and she becomes the first person to whom
Khanin cannot remain indifferent.