The film is based on the story by L. Andreev "The Life of Vasily of Thebes" about the fate of the village priest Vasily, who, after going through a great many misfortunes, renounces God in order to regain his true faith through even greater grief.

Удивительная романтическая история случилась под Новый год в старинной графской усадьбе, в которой расположился сегодня Дом Творчества. Здесь работает писатель над романом. В покои, где когда — то обитала красавица графиня, поселилась молодая женщина с детьми, удивительно похожая на бывшую хозяйку. Но старые стены хранят память о былом и хозяйка является сюда из прошлого… Так кто же эта женщина, в которую влюбляется писатель?

"Era Consultant": The former driver of the Council of People's Commissars was invited to shoot a film about the 30s. Regarding his chauffeur career had began precisely at that time, he agreed, although he perfectly understood that he was invited because of the old Emka, which he still drives and which is unlikely to be driven by anyone else. "Owner": Tractor driver, who is keenly concerned about the collective farm business, drives around the fields at night, loads rotting straw into a trailer and takes it to an abandoned public young farm. "Clinic": Fearing for the patient’s life, surgeon offers his services to a protégé of the hospital head, who is preparing to defend her dissertation. But the patient dies...