There is a rhythm in the nursing home: routine rounds, meals, endless lotto games and watching TV. The days of the nurse are sluggish and monotonous, he is indifferent to work and indifferent to others, almost all of his actions are already on the machine. But suddenly one random event pulls him out of his usual state.
Nina lives with a seriously ill father and works on the psychological helpline. She has a little time between visits of doctors and conversations with unstable teens to watch the boys who are chasing the ball in the yard. Their liveliness is the complete opposite of her routine existence. She tries to escape from the darkness with the help of one of them.
The author's monologue addressed to his little son Alyosha.
