In the center of the story is a town in the Karelian forests, which becomes a center of attraction for a variety of people with a not always clear past and a rather gloomy future. Yura Khor, a school teacher, brings his wife here, who is tormented by an obsession. Valentin suddenly discovers that he cannot get out of his own apartment. A private detective arrives in town to find a woman rumored to have the secret of immortality. A legless dwarf living in a long-abandoned sanatorium on the shore of a lake is obsessed with the idea of arson. They are destined to meet, yes, and their meeting will be fateful. The lives of many people begin to change when the time of October rains comes and the first thunder rumbles over the town.