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A young man askes the neighbour to water the onion during his absence. The neighbour at first refuses to take the keys. Eventually, she agrees, however. When she's left, the young man takes out a rope and climbs up on the table ... The film based on the play by Ludmila Petrushevskaya, famous russian writer.
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