 The main characters are Ivan, his best friend Rostislav, Dana (a newly arrived student), Marina and Kostov.All of them find themselves dealing with their own youthful intrigues against the backdrop of the absurd and oppressive Bulgarian Communist regime; and all too often each one of them finds his/her own individual means of escaping from it all, either through friendship, love, or the occasional derisive remark.The plot is loosely based on past events in the Language School in Lovech, where the principal was an ardent Communist infamous for his absurdly strict rules and for setting an army-like atmosphere.