레닌그라드스키 역에서 노숙과 구걸로 방치된 삶을 살고 있는 아이들의 삶을 밀착 취재한 영화. 10대 초반인 이들은 소비에트연방이 붕괴하면서 러시아가 혼란에 빠진 90년대 초 태어난 아이들이다. 영화는 격변의 시기를 통과한 러시아 사회의 현재가 어떤 모습인지를 버려진 아이들의 삶에 투영해 보여 준다.

Since the fall of the Iron Curtain an estimated four million children have found themselves living on the streets in the former countries of the Soviet Union. In the streets of Moscow alone there are over 30,000 surviving in this manner at the present time. The makers of the documentary film concentrated on a community of homeless children living hand to mouth in the Moscow train station Leningradsky. Eight-year-old Sasha, eleven-year-old Kristina, thirteen-year-old Misha and ten-year-old Andrej all dream of living in a communal home. They spend winter nights trying to stay warm by huddling together on hot water pipes and most of their days are spent begging. Andrej has found himself here because of disagreements with his family. Kristina was driven into this way of life by the hatred of her stepmother and twelve-year-old Roma by the regular beatings he received from his constantly drunk father. "When it is worst, we try to make money for food by prostitution," admits…