A feature film based on the short story "Fabijonas" by R. Šavelis.

The film is based on the novel of the same name by P. Kuusberg and tells about the fate of former classmates, high school students, during the Second World War and in the post-war period.

In the late 19th century, two water seekers, Vilimas and Ulys, arrived in a picturesque Lithuanian village. They both fell in love with the only daughter of the widow Grigene, Tsilya. Under her mother's influence, Tsilya chooses not Vilimas, but the wealthier Ulys...

Kaunas, Lithuania, 1972... Young people are sitting in the Hotel "America" basement and listen to Western Radio.