A documentary observation of the life of the Moscow passenger metro throughout the year. Salavecis, who judges Dostoevsky, the paratroopers in the same carriage as the American Marines and the tragedies and joys of occasional travellers merge into a poetic essay about modern Russia. The well-known metro lobbies with marble walls and gilded lamps create the ideal theatrical backdrop for an absurd tragedy without a protagonist. The Moscow metro corridors are a miniature model of society in a twilight, a neutral zone, in which characters and relationships are clearly drawn.