Despite a war raging close by, mud treatments and electroshock therapies continue at Kuyalnik Sanatorium, an enormous 1970s brutalist building on the shores of Odessa, where a small group searches for love, healing, and happiness.  

People of all ages come in their thousands each summer for the Soviet-style therapeutic and wellness treatments on offer. The biggest attraction here is the mysterious mud - which is strongly believed to cure infertility, chronic ailments, and a myriad of other health problems.   

Following the stories of guests and staff over a summer season like no other, the film goes beyond the Sanatorium’s pink and lime green corridors, to follow an assorted group of strangers, each seeking respite from their daily realities and in search of a better life for themselves.