For Vova Myshkin nothing holds together. His girlfriend leaves him, he has a massive loan, he has to vacate his apartment, and here on the threshold stands his older brother who has just been released from prison.

Twelve-year-old Nikita, harassed by school bullies and an overbearing mother, endures everything and accumulates resentment. Until his stepbrother Artyom returns from the correctional boarding school and unwittingly pushes him to a terrible way to solve his problems.