The main characters of the film are Zhenya and Volodya: these are young guys from wealthy families who have been friends since childhood, both work in the company of Volodya’s father and are fond of motor sports. Volodya has a bride, Olga, but, as Zhenya becomes aware, she is going to marry solely for selfish ends. A friend refuses to believe it, and then Eugene decides to prevent the tragedy on her own. Mercilessly and publicly, he breaks down the wedding, loses a friend and breaks the heart of Tanya, Olga's sister, who is selflessly and secretly in love with him. The whole story takes place against the backdrop of upheavals within the Zhenya’s family: the mother threw them with her sister Sveta into the care of her father, as a result, Sveta is closed and pathologically unsure of herself, and the imperious father is constantly dissatisfied with his children.
Sasha and his girlfriend Lisa have decided to travel to Venice after they graduate from college, but Lisa's parents have different ideas. They are hoping to secure a prestigious job for their daughter by introducing her to an influential family friend - Leonid Yakovlevich and his son Igor.While Lisa continues to prepare for her trip, she begins to spend more and more evenings with Igor, and, even though the tickets have already been bought and Lisa is packing her suitcase, a call from Igor changes her plans - Ten years later, Igor and Lisa are married with a daughter while Sasha has become a successful lawyer, but when Sasha and Lisa meet one day at a college reunion, it is obvious that the passion between them has never gone away.
Europe, 1709. Russia and Sweden are at war. Two French duelists are exiled by King Louis XIV of France: one to the side of Czar Peter the Great of Russia, the other to the side of King Charles XII of Sweden. Although separated by war and allegiance, fate has not finished with them.
