There are different children in one ward: one has completely gone into the virtual reality world of computer games and decided that he has ceased to be a person and turned into a Creature. The second, through the fault of his stepfather, was carried away by the ideas of Nazism. The third, a boy from a prosperous family, no longer wanted to live and tried to step off the balcony. The fourth is just silent and hates everyone.

影片采用双线并行的叙述方式，将分别来自德国和俄罗斯的两个年轻人的命运戏剧性地终结在 车臣反恐战场上。在对车臣战场对战双方的刻画上，导演采取客观中立态度，并对双方的战争动机进行了更加人性化的联想和探讨。影片是导演的处女作，尤以摄影水准高而见长，使雪地、白桦林、山坳等更真实地呈现在屏幕前。本片尽可能地保持了中立的立场，没有做简单化的政治或道德审判，把思考的空间更多地留给了观众，是一部完成度颇高的反思战争和人性的深刻作品。