Thisisamoviebyanovelaboutthedarkandsoberyear1952writtenbyasovietunionwriterJuryTrifonovanddirectedbySergeyUrsulak.YoungactressLiliastartsanaffairwiththetheatredirector,whoisingreatfavorbythesovietuniongovernment.That'showshegetsmainrolesinthetheatre.Atthesametime,she'sinlovewithherhusband-Grisha,who'sayoungunknownactortalent.Liliahopes,thatthataffairwillhelpGrishatoimprovehiscareeraswell.Howeverthiswouldnevergoingtohappen.Thatlovetriangleappearstobeshort-termaffair,butparticipantsofthatstorykeepmemoriesaboutitthroughalltheirlives.Andonlydecadeslatertheyrealize,howhappytheywerebackthen.