During the winter of 1991 in Riga, 18-year old Jazis’ life is fraught with complications. 　　Even though Latvian national independence has been restored, the Soviet Army is still 　　very much present in the country and Jazis is at risk of being conscripted and sent to fight 　　in Afghanistan. In January, when the Soviet special services and military units attempt to 　　overthrow the newly independent government, people start building barricades around 　　strategically important buildings, and Jazis finds himself at the centre of events. Jazis has 　　never taken an interest in politics. He is preoccupied with “more important” things – bohemia, girls, and films. He does not actively participate in the barricades but is rather pulled 　　into this festival of life and death by circumstance. There is another issue – unbeknownst 　　to him, Jazis might have become a father. Or maybe not. Uncertainty is what most precisely 　　defines public consciousness in the early 1990s in Latvia