The subjective-private movie text Dash Mark is perceived as an objective document of the era, a true testimony to the time when it was created-experienced. The author (or lyric hero) reflects on events of varying historical proportions.

The film is based on the principle of editing free associations: for example, from memories of a dead grandmother and thinking about grandmothers time – to the image of Faith Cold, as the embodiment of the idea of ​​eternal femininity, and therefore to the problems of interethnic conflicts. The new principle of working with the fixed on the film reality is already stated in the title of this film, because the dash here is interpreted as a sign that connects the dates of birth and death.