In the measured and quiet everyday life of Tanya, Sergei, who was late for the Moscow train, appears. The world of a small station town with ancient temples opens up to him. He becomes imbued with Tanya’s church chants and learns the history of her family, traumatized by the loss. A new life begins for the girl in agonizing anticipation of meetings accompanied by the sound of the wheels of passing trains.

Patient Gromov is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, and his attending physician is Dr. Ragin. Contact is established between the doctor and the patient. The hospital's chief physician, Khobotov, sees that the tandem of the doctor and the patient is disrupting the work of the entire hospital.