Three heroines go to the westernmost point of Russia - the Baltic Spit. Pines, sand, dogs, girlish dances, summer carefree. Girls stay overnight on the shore in a tent. During the night, summer is replaced by winter. In the morning, for an unknown reason, the heroines part.
Russia, 1917, WWI. This is the story of the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death, formed as part of an ill-conceived propaganda ploy by the Russian Provisional Government in late May of 1917.
A female photographer is on the look out for new material in an unspecified town. She meets far eastern employees who agree to do an interview and a photo-shoot. This shooting session alters the way she sees things and changes the fate of one of the employees.