URSS, 1971. Six jours dans la vie de l’auteur Sergei Dovlatov, qui se bat pour écrire avec intégrité malgré l’écrasante censure imposée par le régime soviétique.
Ilia, a 20-year-old promising rapper, arrives in a big city to win in a battle. And immediately he becomes one of the top battlers, having captured the public with his sincerity and desire to win. Everybody assures him of a great future. But Ilia meets his first love, a common girl who becomes involved in the criminal business of the city moguls.