The action takes place in Siberia where a mysterious wall appears from time to time. Scientists are dispatched to study it and some of them believe that the wall is produced by some sort of alien intelligence, "the Martians", as they call them. The scientists attempt to communicate with the Wall, but all they experience in return are hallucinations about their past experiences. In those visions they are faced with some unresolved issues, repressed memories, and absurd dream-like situations. They meet people – messengers – from their past who reveal to them some simple truths about their own lives, which may be hard to accept, so they dismiss those messengers as the Martians and stubbornly continue attempting to "understand" the Mysterious Wall using their rational minds.

The film shows the daily life of an architecture studio, where a young student comes to work on his dissertation.

本片以苏联派兵阿富汗为故事背景，主角班杜拉（性格小生麦克派伦斯主演）是苏联伞兵部队的少校，负责掩护部队撤离阿富汗，由于情报的错误，使得他们误入村庄袭击了和平的游击部队领袖，造成双方冲突……