Minsk, Belarus, 1996. Velya, an aspiring DJ, wants to move to Chicago to make her dreams come true, but bureaucracy, a phone line and the human condition will put obstacles in her way that will be difficult to avoid.

In a small Belarusian village where time seems to stand still, Jasja must deal with her mother's death. She takes every duty upon herself to fill the void a mother has left behind. Someone must hold the pieces together. Still, her father decides to send her to an orphanage with the promise of returning. When he fails to show up, she decides to run away and go back home instead.

Anna's son is a drug addict. Mother has a plan on how to get rid of his addiction. An Interpol investigator who runs the case of Anna’s husband becomes an obstacle to the implementation of her plan. He is confident that a woman can help him get the necessary information. Anna has to find out that truth has its own power, that there is guilt that cannot be accepted, and love that cannot be abandoned.

An old woman lives in a remote village in Belarus. As the end of her live approaches, she starts to read the worn-out notebooks of her daughter. Together we go on a journey to the unknown world of a person who is abandoned and forgotten by everybody.