In the center of the story is the amateur women's choir of the city of Tikhvin. Each of its participants is an ordinary woman who in everyday life is completely unrelated to the stage. Some of them are a shop assistant, someone is engaged in garbage collection, and someone even works as a loader to provide themselves with shelter and food. But all of them are united by a love of music and hope for a brighter future. The arrival of the Italian delegation in the city becomes a real glimpse among the gray everyday life of our protagonists, and their dreams at this moment seem even more illusory.