A mining town in Russia at the end of the nineties. A miners' strike has paralysed the place, corruption and fraud are flourishing in the transitional period from a socialist economy to a market economy. In this world of lost souls lives Yekaterina Artemovna (Katya). This unconspicuous woman has, in the words of her future lover, a "heart of gold". The only bright spots in her lonely life in a meagre communal apartment are literature and her work in the town library.
The only bright ray flashed in the life of the heroine is a visiting sailor. But he turns out to be a gigolo and leaves the poor woman. The tense string inside the heroine bursts, the iron nerves lose, and restrained Yekaterina at this point loses all patience with life and ready for the most desperate and cruel revenge...
Наталья Негода
as Katya
Елена Лядова
as Friend
Дмитрий Куличков
as Sailor
Сергей Неудачин
as Igor
Олег Васильков
as Ignat
Олег Билик
as Redheaded Policeman
Александр Обласов
as Slava
Сергей Сосновский
as Katya's Father
Mikhail Biryuchkov
as Local Criminal Authority
Nadezhda Kobzeva
as Hairdresser
Irina Obidina
as Ignat's Wife
Александр Алёшкин
as Andrey
