A pre-war Russian village. Two harmonica player friends are in love with the same girl. The rivalry of the characters unfolds against a musical background — who will outplay whom. The war begins. Both of them return from the war, but one of them can no longer play, which does not mean that he loses...

USSR, late 80's. Kozhemyakin, the former deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers, comes to Yalta for a vacation. Irina, who works as a van driver, is asked to meet him at the station. Accidental resort acquaintance unexpectedly grew into something more. Neither the difference in age, nor in social status did not become an obstacle. Irina agrees to become Kozhemyakin's wife and moves to Moscow.