While travelling through a region rife with reminders of Russia’s dark history, kind-hearted truck driver Georgy turns onto a dirt road to bypass a car crash – and to heed a warning that his original route is haunted. As a motley crew of lost souls and vagabonds cross his path – an elderly hitchhiker, a frighteningly young prostitute, a couple of not-so-stoic soldiers – „My Joy’s“ startling narrative moves into increasingly bizarre territory.