The Soviet Union teeters on the verge of collapse in 1990 and tiny Baltic nations struggle to take back their independence. A rising tide of public opinion opposes the Estonian national team's participation in the USSR's basketball championship. The team makes the unpopular choice to participate.
A humoristic coming-of-age story of Johannes who is born prematurely to a very young single mother. His destiny is to be always separated from his loved ones, to be “different”, to lose his hair because of pollution and to fall in love with a Chechen girl. All this during the turbulent times of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Jekaterina Kordas (until 2011; Jekaterina Nikolajeva; born February 29, 1984 in Kohtla-Järve) is an Estonian actress. She graduated from Kohtla-Järve Ahtme Gymnasium in 2002 and from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater School of Performing Arts (24th flight) in 2010. From 2003 to 2007, she played in Drugoi Theater productions. She has been an actress of the Russian Theater since 2011 and an actress of the Russian Puppet Theater since 2012.