Georgian wrestler, Kakhi, travels to Brooklyn to help his son out of a gambling debt.
At the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov is ordered to guard the harem of a Caspian Sea guerrilla leader.
Parallel love stories of young dressmaker Makvala and other dwellers of Kakheti village, where she was sent for mission during busy vintage season.
Educationalist priest's attempt to bring literacy in mountainous village is confronted by lout brigade-leader who considers learning as a wast time and a mean to avoid actual work.