Valeri Ulanov

The film tells about the fate of a teenager, nicknamed "Riffraff" in boarding school, about his difficult relationship with his mother, who is trying to arrange her personal life, and about how unexpectedly lucky he was in life when he won a big prize in the Sprint lottery - a Volga car.

Nikolaeva, the wife of a Red Army commander, and her two small children did not have time to evacuate and remained in the city occupied by the Germans. By hiding a persecuted woman in her house, Nikolaeva herself comes under suspicion. Having miraculously escaped arrest, she and her children are now forced to leave the city...