Natalya Volkova

URSS, 1938. Au pic de la Grande Terreur, Staline purge ses propres rangs. Les hommes qui mettent en œuvre la répression sont eux-mêmes arrêtés et exécutés. Se sachant à son tour condamné, le capitaine Volkonogov s’échappe. Dans sa fuite, il est frappé d’une vision : pour sauver son âme, il devra se confronter aux familles de ses victimes et obtenir leur pardon.

Seventeen-year-old Artyom is invisible in the family and a rebel in the technical school. He has a best friend, Kostya, and they do all the provocations and tricks together. When the management of the technical school compiles an unofficial list of dangerous teenagers - "explosives", Kostya, by pure chance, falls into the first place, which makes him popular among other students. Kostya revels in interest in himself - and betrays his friend, convincing his classmates that he, Kostya, is the main and only inspirer of all their antics. Then Artyom decides to prove who the “number one bomber” is really here. But on his way, a girl, Kira, unexpectedly appears, who is able to influence his dangerous plan.