A drama of Alexandra Ivanovna - a director of a foster home.

In their youth, they loved each other, but broke up. Ilya got married, became a doctor, Sasha learned to become an engineer, got married. And now...

The modest and indecisive Lebedev in his dreams sees himself as strong and courageous. Mentally, he stands up for an unfairly demoted colleague, but...

Ilya lives in Moscow; Nina lives in St. Petersburg. Ilya has a beautiful wife and a daughter; Nina's husband is an artist, and they have a young son....

Filmed adaptation of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera.