In 2013, Dima Ilukhin, the cousin of a soldier in the Russian army and This Picture's director, Expired at the North Caucasus on duty in the Republic of Dagestan. He was 21 yrs of age. This incident marks the starting point for Abaturov's reflection on the military. He films that the training of new recruits as they to throw a hand grenade and administer first aid, or bid farewell learn the mechanics of a Kalashnikov. Dima's former fellow recruits have to come back to battle while his parents try to deal with their loss.