The screenplay is based on the short stories of Yuri Koval. A day in the life of Yuri, a Muscovite who is stuck in a remote village in northern Russia. He should have returned to the city a long time ago, but he keeps wandering around the sad, deserted autumn fields and forests. His wife and his best friend are trying to make him return, to go back to his regular life. But Yuri feels like he's about to understand something important. He leaves the people he loves and remains one on one with nature. However, the universe is playing a different game with him, by its own rules.