During the next duty, patrolman Vera Sedova single-handedly prevents a tragedy at the college, but a student dies in the process. She claims that the guy had a sawed-off gun, however, no weapons were found. The policewoman is cursed by her parents and the public. The only one who becomes humanly sorry for Vera is the appointed lawyer Ilya Nesterov. Ilya is more and more immersed in the case and is convinced that his client may be right.
The heroine of this story, a young woman, considers herself a believer and tries to live according to the commandments. But an unexpected meeting turns for her into love for a married man, and her feeling does not remain unanswered. However, a man belongs to a culture where the presence of a mistress is not forbidden, and even encouraged, while divorce is extremely negatively perceived. He sees no problem in starting a second family. The heroine will have a harsh choice between her faith and her beloved. And the most important thing is that she will have to find out whether she can make such a choice on her own, or everything is predetermined from above.
Ambientado en la Siberia de 1945, Ignat (Vladimir Mashkov), antiguo héroe soviético, llega a una pequeña y curiosa localidad para trabajar como maquinista, allí descubre la pasión de sus habitantes por las carreras de locomotoras. Para ganarlas (y aconsejado por un amigo) Ignat embarca en la búsqueda de una locomotora abandonada en una isla. Allí conocerá a una joven alemana que se ha pasado toda la Segunda Guerra Mundial viviendo en solitario.
