The film is set during 1962 in Sevastopol, Crimea, then a secret Navy Base in the Soviet Union. General Serov hires Viktor, a cadet from the Kremlin Guard to work as his private chauffeur. In a jet-black "ZIM" limo, Viktor is chauffeuring the General's disabled daughter Vera. Viktor is oblivious to the hidden agenda of the KGB agent Saveliev, who manipulates everyone behind the scenes in the old rivalry between the Army and KGB.
Tough and gritty war movie about young Russians who have to go to Afganistan to fight for their homeland in a war many of them don't wholly understand. In this hell on earth, the illusions shatter quickly and what is left is the wish to get out of this place alive....