The town of Karabash, close to the heavy industry center of Cheliabinsk, in the Ural region of Russia, which the UN has marked as one of the most polluted spots in the world in its environmental pollution reports. Serguei and Tania, who were born in Karabash, dream one day of living in New York forgotten by everybody., but the reality is quite different, with no work and no future, they will probably end their lives in this small town forgotten by everybody.