The Son
In 2013, the cousin of Also a soldier in the army and the film's director, Dima Ilukhin, died on duty in the Republic of Dagestan from the North Caucasus. He was 21 years old. This incident marks the starting point for Abaturov's reflection on the military. He films the training of new recruits since they bid farewell with their wives and mothers, learn the mechanisms of an Kalashnikov, or to throw a handgrenade and manage medical. Dima fellow recruits need to reunite to battle while his parents attempt to cope with their loss.