Imants Vekmans

Marger is a retired provincial cantina engineer who is unpleasantly surprised by the sudden departure of his wife. Realising that he will spend the rest of his life alone, he decides to make an end of himself. However, just as he is about to extinguish his life, the Master, a magical being with fantastic powers, knocks on the door of his house.

The action of the film takes place in Latvia and spans the period from 1939 to the early 1970s. The events that occurred in the country had various effects on the fates of the characters. But throughout it all, love guided them — it scattered and gathered, made them suffer terribly, and made them the happiest people in the world...