The film tells the story of three generations of women who navigate love, hardship, and resilience while working at a Soviet furniture factory, where personal struggles intertwine with societal expectations.

The film tells the story of three generations of women working at a furniture factory, capturing their experiences with love, joy, and sorrow.

It begins in the early 1950s, when Dusya Kuzina moves from her village to the city and meets Ekaterina Timofeevna Bednova, a widowed factory worker with a son.

Years later, a young woman named Alya (Alevtina) Yagodkina, from Dusya's village, hopes to leave with Viktor, a city boy visiting during his vacation.

At her mother's urging, Alya moves to the city with Dusya's help to find work at the furniture factory, leaving her son behind in the village.