The Son
In 2013, Dima Ilukhin, the cousin of the film's director and Also a soldier in the army, Expired on duty in the Republic of Dagestan. He was 21 years old. This episode marks the starting point for Abaturov's reflection on this military. He films that the training of new recruits as they bid farewell with their wives and mothers, learn the mechanics of a Kalashnikov, or how to throw a handgrenade and administer first aid. While his parents attempt to cope with their loss, the former fellow recruits of Dima need to go back to struggle.