In the movie "Sovremennik №17" tells about the Samara orphanage - boarding school №2. Samara city, 1991. Pupils of the orphanage-boarding school play chess, sew felt boots, make mailboxes under the guidance of a master; are engaged in a circle of burning; girls knit; boys set tables for dinner; clap their hands, dance, sing, dance around the Christmas tree in the hall. The teacher at the blackboard explains the syllables to the children. Orphanage doctor Valentina Nikolaevna Babaytseva talks about the specifics of working with sick children (sinhr.).