1988. After eight months of sailing on a merchant ship as an engineer, Pasha returns to Odesa. He is a young, handsome guy who set off on a long journey for the sake of his beloved girlfriend Lili. No matter what, he had to earn money for a cooperative apartment—that was the condition set by Lily's father, a man who was not poor and well known throughout Odesa. Otherwise, there could be no question of Lily and Pasha getting married...

The film is about a generation of brave and beautiful people who did not see the destruction of the revolution and the chaos of the civil war, who dreamed of building a new life in which there would be no place for death, but only incredible love that opens the way for them to great achievements and discoveries. About exploits and glory, betrayal and loyalty of those who were heroes in heaven and on earth. About the time of immense trials that fell on their short but bright lives. About a woman who was the dream and true love of the Soviet Union.