Fifty-year-old welder Ignat, who has a unique eye to establish relations with his stepson Sanya, agrees to join an esports team of teenagers aged 15-17. Unexpectedly, an aged player wins an online shooter tournament and becomes a local star, a hero of Internet publications. But for the team members, he is not just a "meme" uncle, but a real mentor, friend and cyber dad. Ignat gets to know the life of teenagers from the inside, helps to solve their problems: where with advice, where with his example. He teaches guys and learns a lot from them himself.

In the early days of the Great Patriotic War old Kuzmich from the village of Kurakino guesses that a long war lies ahead. As the village falls under German occupation and repressions intensify, he keeps aloof, arousing suspicions. Following the execution of fellow villagers and accusations of betrayal, Kuzmich agrees to serve as a guide for the German detachment, ostensibly to get a horse and save his family. In reality, however, he is planning a sacrificial deception: through his grandson Vaska, he conveys information about the enemy's route to the Soviet troops. At the critical moment, Kuzmich leads the German mountain troopers into a trap, repeating the feat of Ivan Susanin. At the cost of his own life the old man leads the enemy to perdition, becoming a symbol of the people's resistance.