In the summer of 1999, in one of the cities in southern Russia, a terrorist act took place - the explosion of a residential building. The investigation into this case is led by an FSB operative, Captain Andrei Vereshchagin, nicknamed Captain Hollywood.

Little Sasha grows up in a boarding school and waits for his mother to come for him. Once on the radio he hears the work of S. Rachmaninov, falls in love with music and independently learns to play the piano. In a boarding school, and after - beyond, the hero will face cruelty, unrequited love, crime, and find a way to his vocation - music. But how to stop waiting for mom?

In one of the seaside towns lives an amazing man Nikolai with his family. He is famous throughout the district, and if something happens to one of the residents, they immediately turn to him as the highest judge and reliable intercessor. For this, he was nicknamed Noah, and his hotel was called the ark. Nikolai's wife Anna is his faithful friend, she fully shares his point of view on the world and tries to help him in everything.

The punchy journalist Dina desperately wants to move up the career ladder and does anything to please her boss Konstantin Lvovich. She is tricked into getting into a crowd of local mobbers who periodically arrange flash mobs in unexpected places in the city. However, in the process of working on her reportage, Dean falls in love with the main mobber, Dan.

In the center of the story are three main characters - Lieutenant Colonel Soshnikov, Captain Muravyov and Major Zakharov. Three ages, three different characters, three different destinies, which are destined to meet at the Khmeimim military base.