About the title
1948. Nina Levitskaya, a former opera singer and mother of four, knows nothing of the fate of her husband, who disappeared almost a year ago. According to rumors, the family's father, a senior official named Alexander, is supposed to be somewhere in Moscow. Clouds are gathering over the family, and to avoid a possible arrest, Nina urgently sells all their belongings, gathers her children, and leaves Sverdlovsk for the capital.