Set in the year 1940, 'Tomorrow Was the War' follows the story of a peaceful high school student as she witnesses the impact of war and totalitarianism on her small town. This coming-of-age drama explores themes of friendship, betrayal, and the struggle for idealism amidst a repressive regime.

Senior Lieutenant Vasily Bodrug and his wife Evgenia arrive at the border outpost after the wedding to serve. An intruder was killed while trying to cross the state border, and border guard Vaskov was injured during detention. Vasily, risking his life, detains an accomplice of the violator. But a complete surprise for the lieutenant was the arrival of his former lover Vyacheslav to his wife.

A mother can't stand her son, a sister can't stand her brother, a woman in love can't stand her lover... Love communication brings them neither joy nor liberation, giving them only some oblivion. All this is determined by the atmosphere of fear...

After perestroika in the Soviet Union there is a total collapse of the Soviet system, which leads to chaos in the country. The protagonist of the film, a foreign student, after graduation does not want to return to his country because of the military coup that took place there. But the Soviet government gave clear deadlines for him to leave the country.

Young Nina was hired as a teacher at a vocational school. She is full of optimism. Trying to get in touch with her charges, looking into books on psychology and taking timid steps towards rapprochement, she tries to understand their problems and feel the very “material” that she will only have to come to terms with...