The film takes place 200 years ago, when flowers were bigger than houses, and witches turned daughters-in-law into poplars. The Cossack went to war, not knowing that when he returns, everything will be completely different.
This film is a memoir about a missing mother. The uncertainty with which the author has lived for their whole life is interrupted by sudden news.
The story is about a man and a woman, who are married for a long time, try to regain theirs love and hope on the seashore under the steamer`s beeps.