The story takes place in the 1950s. Konstantin “Kostik” Romin (Oleg Menshikov) has come to Moscow to study history and is staying with kindly aunt Alisa (Sofya Pilyavskaya), who runs a communal apartment building there. His life soon becomes intertwined with those of the other residents. Among them are Margarita Pavlovna (Inna Ulyanova) and both her former husband Lev Khobotov ...
故事发生在1946年,满目疮痍的土地尚未从刚刚远去的战争阴霾下复原,斯大林宣布赦免在战争期间逃往国外的俄国人,因此,艾利克斯(欧列格·米契柯夫 Oleg Menshikov 饰)便带着法国妻子玛丽(桑德里娜·伯奈尔 Sandrine Bonnaire 饰)和儿子回到了祖国的怀抱。
哪知道一家人刚回来没多久,就迎来了铁幕时代,**声称归国的外侨中,九成都是敌方派来的特务,遂对他们展开了严酷的调查。在巨大的压力之下,主张委曲求全的艾利克斯和想要踏上逃亡旅途的玛丽之间产生了严重的分歧,最终,玛丽遭到了逮捕被关进了集中营,一晃眼就是六年过去。六年后,玛丽回到了艾利克斯的身旁,然而,曾经那个睿智灵动的女人早已经不复存在,有的只是伤痕累累的驱壳和脆弱黑暗的内心。