A shell-shocked Afghanistan war hero named Ivan Skryabin (Mikhail Skryabin) spends his days stoking the fire in a giant coal furnace. When he isn’t tending the flames, he keeps busy with other activities. He works on a historical novel. His adult daughter Sasha (Aida Tumutova) comes to visit. Local kids come to gaze at the flames. Gangsters, including a former Army sergeant (Aleksandr Mosin) and a sniper known as Bison (Yuri Matveyev), drop by to add special kindling to the fire.
as Kochegar
as Vassily 'Bizon'
as Sergeant - father of Masha
as Sasha, daughter Kochegar
as Masha
as Fyodor Alekseevich
as Andrei Sergeevich
as colonel, Vera's father
as cashier
as customer's driver
