Thisis1920:SophiaandTrofimIvanytchhavebeenlivingonVassilievskiIsland,whichispartofPetrograd,forthirteenyears.Intheirhouse,whichlookslikeashipwreck,theatmosphereisgloomy.Sophiacannothavechildrenandsheisawarethat,becauseofthat,sheislikelytoloseherhusband.Thatiswhy,whentheirneighbordies,sheasksTrofimtotakeinGanka,hisorphanedthirteen-year-olddaughter.Trofimagreesandtheirnewlifebegins...