Bella is a single, 48-year-old unemployed woman, who lives with her bedridden mother, caring for her for years and striving to survive, having only her poor pension and social allowance. The relationship between daughter and mother is toxic and dependent. The only meaning of life for Bella is to take care of this demanding, naughty and egoistic woman at the dawn of her life. But one day at the entrance of their building she suddenly meets Masha (Mariam), a 14-15-year-old girl with her own problems, who had arrived from Russia to visit her grandmother and spend her summer holidays away from home. Her father is Armenian, and mother is Tatar. And despite the age difference, the two become close friends. They involuntarily help each other by helping others who are held in a “prison of life” like themselves, the captives of conventions, where everybody decides everything for them. This mission starts with the poisoning of the chained abandoned dogs, since only death can provide a release for their suffering. Bella and Masha are changing each other’s lives, also changing others, going through ambiguous adventures and becoming decision-makers, responsible individuals who are ready to challenge the stereotypes and taboos of destiny, rejecting slavery and believing in freedom as a condition which of course is not easy for them․