A second-class train is Russia in miniature. There are soldiers, mothers with children, students and elders. This is the most objective cut of the Russian society. The main character of the film - a man on a shift who travels home by train. He tells the audience the stories of his fellow travelers. «Ivans, remembering kinship» - is an almanac, consisting of five stories. The story of a romance between deaf fisherman and singer from the coastal cafe. The story of a Cuban who came to his father's motherland. The story of a young journalist who interviews her father. The story of a homeless who lives under the roof. And the story of the storyteller himself who founded his own rock band and became a star in one train trip. Bon Voyage.