Katya, a young librarian, believes in love. But her ideals are crushed by reality. After a string of disappointing affairs Katya finally finds tenderness and understanding in the arms of her colleague, a journalist called Tanya.
Once just a girl from the provinces, Nora is now married to a successful scientist and lives together with her family within the confines of a secret and privileged Moscow institute. Nora ...
It is 1956. Dau is a distinguished Soviet scientist who meets up with the love of his youth - Maria, a Greek actress - during her three day visit to Moscow.