Mariya Vinogradova

This is a story of the 1963 Soviet youth. A young worker from remote taiga stays in Moscow for a day, en route to his deceased friend's home town, for a meeting with the editor of "Youth" magazine, where he posted his first narrative. He spends the day among friends and their everyday routines.

Winter 1942, Nazi-occupied Belarus. Two Soviet partisans are in search of food supplies for their unit. Commandeering livestock from the local village's collaborationist, they try to get back to their unit, only to be spotted by German troops. The partisans manage to flee from the ensued firefight, but one of them is wounded, setting them on the path of difficult choices as they try to survive.