The film tells the story of two married couples who have lived together for over 40 years. Together with their country and their time, a difficult but happy life.
Grandmother recites poetry.
River bank, big trees.
River.
Bell tied to stick on the bank.
Kusurgashev on the bank with his wife, checking if they caught any fish.
Sunset, river.
Kusurgashevs sitting on the bank by the fire.
Close-up - a pot hanging over the fire.
Kusurgashev speaking, panorama of his wife.
Close-up - fire.
Kusurgashev with his wife by the fire, talking about his life.
River, barge sailing.
Long shot - Kusurgashevs by the fire.
Kusurgashev and his wife speaking.
Evening, Volga River, nature.
Forest, birches, flowering trees and bushes.
The Vorontsovs on their summer cottage, working in the garden.
The car is parked in the yard, a dog is running around.
Different plans of the summer cottage.
Vorontsov speaking.
Vorontsov's wife comes out of the house, sets the table in the yard.
Vorontsov speaking.
The wife brings a saucepan, Vorontsov puts shashlik in it.
View of the summer cottage.
Vorontsova works in the beds, Vorontsov examines the grapes.
Vorontsova speaks.
Vorontsov conducts the orchestra, his wife is in the hall, watching the rehearsal.
The pianist plays.
Close-up - hands with a baton, panorama of Vorontsov.
Orchestra, young musicians, panorama of the notes.
Panorama of the empty rehearsal hall - there are chairs, music stands, the Vorontsov couple is sitting on the armchairs in the auditorium.
Sunset, view of the river, the church.
The Kusurgashevs are meeting their relatives, grandchildren, etc. who have arrived at their house.
Family, summer cottage, nature
Spring
The Kusurgashevs in an apartment with their children and grandchildren are looking at family photographs.
A panorama of the relatives' faces, in the photographs.
The Kusurgashevs comment on the photographs, recall certain moments from their lives, etc.
A grandson is filming his grandfather.
Kusurgashev is speaking.
Photos from a family album are shown - the Kusurgashevs outdoors, next to a tent, the wife standing with a gun, the husband in a boat, various portraits, etc.
Drawings - interrogation by an NKVD investigator, prisoners being transported, prisoners at work, a camp in Kolyma, barracks, etc.
A panorama of Chukchi talisman figurines (pelicans), a drawing depicting a Chukchi on a reindeer sled.
Kusurgashev is cutting out a figurine.
Close-up - talisman figurines made by Kusurgashev are standing on the table.
A river, a sunset.
The Vorontsov spouses are standing on the shore.
A panorama of the river, ships.
The Vorontsovs in their garden, at the table.
The wife tells how she met her future husband.
Close-up - white flowers in the garden.
Close-ups - the Vorontsovs.
Old b/w photographs - young Vorontsov in military uniform, young Vorontsova, a family portrait, the Vorontsovs with their daughter.
The Vorontsovs are dancing in the garden.
Evening, a dacha, a garden, a dog is running along the path.
The Vorontsovs with their daughter and relatives are sitting at a table in the garden, chatting.
Vorontsova in the garden, tending to the flowers, Vorontsov working in the vineyard.
Close-up - a bunch of grapes.
Vorontsova in the garden, at the table - making a bouquet of flowers.
Panorama of the garden, flowers.
Vorontsov is picking pears.
Close-up - a bouquet of roses on the table, a panorama of embroidery with flowers in a frame.
Family, country house, nature, garden
Summer
The Vorontsovs in their apartment - the wife helps her husband put on his concert tailcoat, then they look in the mirror.
The Vorontsovs sit in armchairs and sit in silence.
Kusurgashev is working at his desk - making a drawing with a ruler.
Close-up - a picture carved from wood on the wall, a drawing, a poster with Academician Sakharov, an icon, old photographs.
Panorama of the shelves with books, Kusurgashev working at his desk.
Kusurgashev's Kolyma drawings.
Panorama of the boxes, talisman figurines made by Kusurgashev.
Decorative carved knives, a box.
Kusurgashev at his desk, working on a box.
Panorama of the trees, the Orthodox church, the domes.
A boat is sailing along the river, towing a boat.
View from the river of wooden structures where fish is drying.
The Kusurgashev spouses are coming back from fishing, a panorama of a tree.
A window, on the windowsill there is a Chukchi talisman figurine.
Kusurgashev reads an excerpt from his book about Kolyma, relatives are sitting nearby, neighbors are listening to him.
Faces of grandmothers listening to Kusurgashev.
Close-up - the manuscript in Kusurgashev's hands.
Kolyma drawings.
Women on a bench listening to Kusurgashev.
The grandmother is speaking, addressing Kusurgashev.
The woman is carrying a samovar.
The grandmother is speaking - telling about herself.
Shots with Kusurgashev's wife, other women sitting on a bench.
Dawn, a village street, old wooden houses.
The Vorontsov family at a table in the garden.
Vorontsov is speaking.
Various shots of people sitting at the table.
Vorontsov's son-in-law is speaking.
Evening, a river, a fire is burning, people are sitting by the fire.
Family, village, nature
Summer