Kazakhstan in the 1990's. Aman is a successful doctor who is severely depressed. This causes him to drink heavily. After one such drink, he falls down on the street and is picked up by some unknown people. He wakes up shaved and chained to a post in an unknown location. Aman finds himself in the labor slavery of the cruel Kazbek. His henchmen are bringing in alcoholics and addicts from around the city. Kazbek first breaks the wills of his prisoners by keeping them in the scorching heat without food or water. Then he sends them out to work. Unwilling to accept their fate, Aman plots an escape.