In the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.

Retired Soviet Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov, who saved the world from WW3, talks about his life as retiree and shares his opinions on the Cold War with actor Kevin Costner in this melancholic mixture of documentary and reenacted footage.

The Soviet political collapse of 1991 is a background for dramatic events occurred with the characters in a Soviet government villa in the Crimea. The nightmare of their relationship reflects present and future nightmares of the country.