A young man from Moldova is lured to work abroad in Moscow, expecting to be working in a hospital he faces a different reality and the choice between staying or leaving, what is good and what is not, what is moral and what is normal – is a choice always in front of him.

Căpălău, a peasant in a village near Brăila, tries to keep up with the turns of life. Based on "Ningea în Bărăgan” novel by Fănuș Neagu.

The essence and moral of the Moldovian people living the rural life of the 90's. A film about people being materialstic, and losing it all in the end, Tarkovsky style.