A young boy in a red sweater sits at a table, resting his face in his hands, his expression shifting from boredom to a slight smile as he listens to a radio on the windowsill; outside, snow falls steadily onto bare tree branches.
Last week, his friend Славка came to see Петька, a simple tractor driver, with 500 rubles. When he got home a week later, neither his wife nor his kids recognized Петька... that's what Слава and money do to people!