Mitu and Elena get to know each other in the course of a vodka drinking contest and discover that they are both dissatisfied with the status quo. Mitu is about to begin military service and Elena is to be married to a man she does not love. They decide they are meant for each other and plan on a different future, one that is on a collision course with the authorities, and start a mad affair.
An inexperienced prosecutor becomes involved with a local woman while investigating a miner's death.
A tabloid photographer is given the assignment to follow a politician suspected to have sexual relations with an underage girl.
