Afghanistan 1989. This is where Sergey, Anna's husband, and Yegor fight. Here the war tests them, and out of strangers they become friends.
Alushta, 1989. First tender love is being born between Kira and Seryozha. They are happy and enjoy it. However, their families are so different: Kira’s mother, Mila, has an affair with doctor Tomasz and doesn’t respect her husband Kostya at all. Mila treats her younger daughter Lika like an angel and instead works all her frustration off on Kira. Sergey’s mother Anna is waiting for her husband to return from Afghanistan and cannot think of anything else.
A Roma woman meets Mila in the street and tells her that her daughter will become a prostitute.
Mila is called to school by Kira’s class master who tells her about the relationship between Kira and Seryozha. Feeling unwell, Kira stays at home. Seryozha comes to visit her, but Mila finds them out and a scandal starts. Mila understands that her daughter is pregnant.
Yegor comes back from Afghanistan and drops by at Anna and Seryozha’s place before going home.