According to the story of A. Shackley "The risk premium".

A television show in which a killer maniac catches up with a runner throughout the tape. In the event of a victory, a cash prize awaits him.

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.

The families of two friends, Oli and Dasha, are friends with their families. Their husbands even set up a joint cleaning company. Girlfriends are acquaintances almost from diapers, help each other to solve any problems, support in difficult situations. Almost at the same time, they learned about their pregnancies.

But at one point everything was canceled by the death of Dasha's child immediately after birth. After that, Dasha's husband was thrown in jail because he wanted to find out the circumstances of his baby's death from a nurse and emotionally injured her. The wife waited for her husband from prison, but the problems in the family continued. To forget about the family tragedy, the couple divorced.

In order to live somehow, Dasha gets a babysitter for her friend Oli's five-year-old daughter. So she learns about strange coincidences, which leads her to unexpected conclusions…