Kharkiv, the 1930s. The heyday of Ukrainian art. Ambitious young poet Vladimir Akimov happily settles in at the new luxury "Slovo" House built specifically for artists. He comes from the provinces and works as a proof-reader in a printing press, and has never even dreamed of living under one roof...
A man tries to reach his girlfriend, Nina, by phone. Instead, he keeps reaching another Nina, who thinks she is in the 1940s, as the Soviet Union is besieged by war.
