The life of a remote Polesie village, lost among the swamps, is slowly but surely changing with the transformation of the whole of Belarus. The inhabitants of the Kurenes become others under the influence of revolutionary trends. Not finding happiness in her forced marriage, Hanna (Helena Borzova) after the death of the child leaves both her husband and beloved to go to the city. Vasil (Yuri Kazyuchits), who has already got a family, is thinking about joining the collective farm. The younger brother
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