Nikita, jeune biélorusse, évoluant dans un milieu techno underground, doit intégrer l’armée pour son service militaire. C’est cette armée qui a aussi coûté la vie au fils de Svetlana, retrouvé mort, et pour lequel elle réclame justice. De ces témoignages naît le portrait psychologique d’un pays autoritaire, sous l’angle des relations entre civils et militaires. Le documentaire donne des éléments de compréhension précieux quant aux manifestations sanglantes de 2020.

In 2020, Belarus’s military practice of violent bullying, torture, and murder of conscripts as a means of control becomes a flash point for a growingly dissatisfied populace.

My granny Zina had lived in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and, after retirement she moved to Crimea. Cheerful and bossy, she has always been uniting our big family. After the Ukrainian revolution and the annexation of Crimea by Russia, visiting her became an endless hustle. The family was separated, Crimea turned into 'a distant planet’, like Mars, and its’ environment became unfriendly towards grandmother. The same old place... with a new culture, symbols of state, music and propaganda. What a time to be an old lady! Trying to fit into a new environment she ends up feeling mixed-up and lonely. The entire family manages to come for the celebration of granny's 80th anniversary and help her to make a crucial decision.