A bunch of countryside people decide to exchange roles between men and women.

The women's handball team of one of the USSR sports clubs loses the semi-final match. Realizing that there are almost no chances to continue the fight against this team, head coach Samoilov takes a risk and releases young athletes with no international experience...

The women's handball team of one of the USSR sports clubs loses the semi-final match. Realizing that there are almost no chances to continue the fight against this team, head coach Samoilov takes a risk and releases young athletes with no international experience...

A conflict between the football team's coach and its best players, Bushuev and Milenkov, led to the players leaving the team. Milenkov returned to the research institute, while Bushuev moved to a provincial town, became a coach, and, basing his training on a scientific approach to the game, achieved great success in a short period of time...

A family struggles to survive in an area that was claimed as part of Rumania, Poland and Ukraine, all within a short span of time. When World War II comes, various family members choose different masters; some even choose to work for the Soviets. War, struggle, marriages, births, deaths--all these events punctuate the story of this large family.