The secluded investigator Faina is trying to solve a case of a disappeared girl. Everyone has given up on finding her, but she keeps going, feeling that the girl is still alive.
In an adaptation of Mikhail Lermontov's classic 19th century Russian novel "A Hero of Our Time", soldier Pechorin battles with love and fate in the Caucasus.
The court considers case of spouses Stepanov. They leave to the nephew Nikita on care the daughter Dunechka. But for Nikita - it is too not the best day: record on radio, examinations and quarrel with the girlfriend.