„Varvara” spune istoria lui Sașa, un instalator care își face meseria cinstit și refuză să trăiască după regulile unei societăți infectate de corupție. Nașterea prematură a fiicei care suferă de o anomalie de dezvoltare, îl provoacă să se confrunte cu dublele standarde ale unei lumi decăzute.
Sasha works for a natural-gas company. When his wife hardly gives birth 2 months earlier, Sasha is searching for money to save the premature baby. Despite this, he refuses to take bribes, which threatens his job and leads to friction with his colleagues. His wife doesn’t understand him anymore. Faced with a crisis, Sasha receives an order to install a furnace in a church, where he will have to destroy an icon painted on the church wall. Hoping to save the sacred image, Sasha has to corrupt the system.
