The main character of the film is the talented Russian ballerina Maya. She lives in America with her loving husband-businessman and little daughter Nina. Maya is a prima ballerina and a very beautiful woman, the audience bathes her in a standing ovation at every performance. But suddenly a happy life ended. Her husband was killed, and the mafia is chasing Maya and demanding some very important documents. The police detained her, planted evidence, fabricated the case and deported to Russia. In St. Petersburg prison "crosses" begins a new phase of life for Maya. She managed to survive the humiliation, beating and pain, not to lose heart and turn her ballet skill into a martial one. After all, she has to go out and wrest her little Nina from the hands of the mafia.