How important it is to be able to see the beautiful in life, even if fate brought you to a remote Bamovsky village. The school librarian teaches children to dream, because this is what distinguishes a person from an animal. For the time being, children laugh at her quirks, but perhaps when they grow up, they will remember her lessons. Henryk contrasts dreams and romance with society's immersion in bestiality. It seems that nothing else can stop the moral decay.

Olga Bokova lives in a town on the border with China in the Far East. Former Russian teacher, now works as a shuttle. The eldest daughter is an excellent student, the youngest is a capable dancer, her parents are alive and well, she has her own three-room apartment. But there is still no happiness. Like many of us, changes in ourselves and in our lives are painfully difficult for Olga.