Rita is a naive 18-year-old from the sticks who has come to Moscow to meet up with the man who impregnated her a few months earlier. Unfortunately, his name and address was written on a piece of paper in her luggage, which was promptly stolen upon her arrival in Moscow. Thus, she is a bit at loose ends, and going back home is clearly not an option.
An actress is recording a screen-test for Federico Fellini who, as she's heard, is looking for a Russian actress for his new film. For an hour she's reflecting on the nature of art, the fate of artists, the destiny of Russian people, history of her country and its present day.
A meeting with a Georgian guy distracts a hopelessly ill girl from her worries. With the help of his parents, they go to Israel for a medical consultation.
Follows three friends from different social backgrounds who grew up together. The room with toys, the view from the window of the fountain of one of them was a model of life well-being and happiness for the other. Having become an adult and having met love, he tells his beloved about this apartment, promises her the happiness he has dreamed of since childhood and... commits meanness.
French pianist Marie Lamballe-Bulatova married a Soviet diplomat in the 30s, went to the USSR with him, was repressed together with her husband and spent many years in camps. After her release, she stayed to live in Novosibirsk. It was in those parts that her Moscow niece Masha found her.
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