Anna and Michailo grow up together, attracted to each other since their earliest days. When Anna's father dies, her brothers force her into marriage with the mean farmer Mikola. After years of absence, Michailo comes home, to get her back.

Based on the real letters of Veronika, a young girl in partizans squad during WWII.

The respected chairman Yakov Rusak, upon retiring, nominates his son Alexei, who has graduated from university and defended his dissertation, as his successor. However, the younger Rusak, who has his own vision for restructuring his village, does not intend to continue his father's traditions in leading the collective farm...