Vyacheslav Shakalido

In the victim’s bag, experts find traces of an unknown synthetic drug used for the homemade production of “spice,” the distribution of which has already spread beyond the boundaries of the district and the region.

Minsk, Belarus, 1996. Velya, an aspiring DJ, wants to move to Chicago to make her dreams come true, but bureaucracy, a phone line and the human condition will put obstacles in her way that will be difficult to avoid.

Vasilisa returns to her hometown for the wedding of her school friend Inna. They show up unannounced at the bachelor party and, after reconciling, the groom and his friend decide to spice things up and take drugs, with horrific results.

Elena is a student in Minsk. She is having an intense but self-destructive love affair with Viktor. When Elena's father goes to prison she has to take charge of his business dealings to help him. She drives repeatedly into the restricted zone at Chernobyl, behind the wheel of a truck, in order to smuggle contaminated steel. The conflicts with Viktor escalate, and Elena is increasingly captivated by the zone's deceptive beauty...