This film does not deal with Chernobyl, but rather with the world of Chernobyl, about which we know very little. Eyewitness reports have survived: scientists, teachers, journalists, couples, children... They tell of their old daily lives, then of the catastrophe. Their voices form a long, terrible but necessary supplication which traverses borders and stimulates us to question our status quo.

吉多彼得出生于1959年，十多岁就读寄宿学校时开始吸毒贩毒，常年出入警局。20岁时，彼得试图逃离警局时，从8米高的围墙跳下摔断了腿，成了瘸子……