After being released from a St. Petersburg hospital with a head injury, a nameless protagonist wanders through a desolate, crumbling city in search of a place to stay. As he struggles to reconstruct his identity and find a sense of belonging, he roams the bleak streets and is befriended by an eccentric beggar with a donkey and a slightly deranged prostitute.

Viktor Sukhorukovas Him
Anzhelika Nevolinaas girl
Evgeniy Merkurevas man with donkey
Georgiy Teykhas father of blind man
Nikolay Lavrovas Sergei Sergeevich Sysoyev
Arkady Sharogradskyas head of the laundry
Milena Tontegodeas Sergey Sergeevich's wife
Sergey Astakhov