A man haunted by the trauma of a nuclear accident clings to the memory of his daughter's sixth birthday, desperately trying to remember if he fulfilled her simple wish for ice cream, as his mind blurs the line between past and present.

SYNOPSIS:

On a sunny day in a Soviet park, a man takes his wife and daughter to a “Heavenly Carnival” exhibition. His daughter, Zinochka, is enchanted by the sights, and he promises her ice cream. But a tragic accident leaves him hospitalized and mentally scarred. Plagued by guilt and fragmented memories, he becomes trapped in a cycle of hallucinations, alternating between the bright joy of that perfect day and the horror of his present condition. His mind fixates on one haunting question: did he give his daughter the ice cream?