The film is set in the 1960s, in a remote provincial town. Ivan is a model worker, a lathe operator at a factory, raising his son Alexei alone. Problems arise in the family: Ivan's beloved wife has a huge debt and faces prison. And Alexei is humiliated by hooligans in front of his beloved girlfriend. His father finds an unusual way out of these situations: he makes a gun himself (so that Leshka can take revenge on the hooligans), then goes with his son to rob a cafe to help Masha cover the shortfall. Gradually, Alexei gets a taste for it; he likes having power over people and commits his first murder. Suddenly, Ivan realizes that he has raised a killer with his own hands.
as Ivan Nikolaevich Novozhyonov
as Lyoshka
as Masha
as Natasha
as Police Colonel
as Police Captain
as Police Major
as Ivan’s Friend
as Vova Kisly
as Party Secretary
as Ponya
as Party Leader
as Clerk at Robbed Shop
as Beer Vendor
as Semyonych (uncredited)
