A film about the barbaric use of forest resources. Krasnoyarsk region. The helicopter flies over the taiga. Taiga. A hunting hut in the taiga. Fishermen by the fire, cooking fish soup. One of the fishermen talks about his life (synchronously). Landscapes. Abandoned village church. The territory of one of the timber industry enterprises. Abandoned areas of the timber industry: rotting forest, garbage. Lumbering, logs. Lumberjacks give interviews (synchronously). Women are working on sawing boards. The movement of the Leningrad timber carrier. Timber in the port, at the pier. Timber unloading. Office of Chinese loggers in the USSR. Workers from China are working in the logging area, in the port. Burnt and dying areas of the taiga. Chairman of one of the executive committees S. V. Shatkovsky says (synchronously). Timber warehouses. Score. Customers receive and pay for grocery packages according to the lists (synchronously). Well-crane. Family at home. The woman gives interviews (synchronously). The village of Emelyanovo. Snowing. Rural street. Dirty road. The drunk man speaks (off-screen). Water tank truck. Residents of the village take water. A stream covered with twigs. Club. Video salon in the club. The movement of foreign cars. Patients in a rural hospital. Doctor with patients. A blacksmith works in a forge. Foolish. The blacksmith is talking with the holy fool (synchronously).