1992, Karabagh. A military convoy, evacuating civilian population under shells, passes through desolate terrain. The combatants spot an old man with a goat, sitting at the roadside next to his wrecked house, and attempt to take him along. The old man will not agree to abandon his house, although in ruins. In breach of military regulation the militia commander, though recognizing imminent perdition, orders his small detachment to take positions around the old man's house.
