The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt

Kazan, early 1989. While their parents struggle to survive, teenagers form street gangs and fight for the asphalt. Literally, they fight to control everything that stands on or moves across their land. In the midst of widespread poverty, they have clear rules of life, support, and the word of a boy who is stronger than a vow. 14-year-old Andrey comes from an intellectual family, attends a music school, and lives with his mother and little sister. One day, he is assigned to tutor his peer, Marat, a member of a local gang. After spending time with a normal boy and deciding that he is tired of being a nerd, Andrey joins the gang.