Leva, a kind-hearted young poet, lives and works at a construction site on the outskirts of a city. He dreams of moving to the city, where he wants to enrol in the university. Leva develops feelings towards one of his workmates, but keeps them to himself. Until he starts to believe the affection might be mutual.
This documentary about the Zhovten Cinema in Kyiv, which was constructed in 1931 and is one of the city's oldest, tells about how such spaces can function as cultural gathering points and the heritage of a country. The Zhovten Cinema in Kyiv is a unique opportunity to understand how a cinema can symbolize cultural resistance and identity. Zhovten (the name means October) becomes a cultural beacon and refuge, where the film becomes a bridge between past and present and local and global perspectives.
