Belarus has been under the dictatorship of Lukashenko for 15 years. MIRON (23) is not interested in politics, he thinks his friends from democratic opposition make just a bunch of daydreamers. However, the next concert of his 'apolitical' rock band triggers off an anti-regime manifestation among the audience. MIRON is enlisted for the army for 15 months by way of punishment for 'something political unrest among young people'. In his military unit, MIRON has to face up to abject conditions which do not meet basic human needs and the absurdity of Soviet-inspired indoctrination.