Agnia is a strong-minded woman working in a male-dominated trade – she designs and builds brick stoves. She goes ice-fishing and brings up her son alone. She lives in the Far North. Her apartment house is decrepit, but she can't save up for a new apartment because her work is seasonal. She and other residents are entitled to be resettled but Boris, the acting mayor of her town, is in no hurry to do it. When Boris hires Agnia to build a stove at his mansion, she uses him to reach her greatest goal which is to move to a modern flat. And she achieves this in an unusual way.