1930s, Dobrudja. The shepherds Vasil, Peter and Ago work in the farm of Zachariah and Sevastitsa. Vasil is the manager of the sheepfold. In his house lives the young and beautiful Vasilena, for whom everyone sighs.

Stamen, a civil engineer, gets a new assignment. He has to leave the capital and his friends and go to the construction site of a huge dam. On the train he meets Katya. He thinks she is an actress....