About Soviet and Japanese volley-ball players who are both rivals and friends. The events cover the period from the 1976 Montreal Olympics to the eve of XXII Olympics in Moscow.
The young weaver Nadezhda was encouraged in every possible way at the factory: she was awarded a trip to Italy, given a new apartment, nominated as a candidate for deputy of the Supreme Council, while the factory administration turned a blind eye to the fact that some of her products were defective.
