[1][2][3] The film tells about twins named Vera and Lyuba, who are invited to pose for pictures in the Art Nouveau style.
[4] Two naive twin sisters, Vera and Lyuba, who work as seamstresses after graduating from a vocational school, live alone following their mother’s death, estranged from their alcoholic father.
They are captivated by Serge, a modernist artist who introduces them to his elite social circle and uses them as models, even connecting them with photographer friends.
She spends three days at the hospital, knitting a ball of thread to "anchor" her sister’s spirit, helping Vera narrowly escape commitment to a psychiatric ward.
The sisters’ rift deepens; Lyuba ultimately leaves for Italy with Guido, threatening to harm him unless Vera lets him go.