보수적이고 엄격한 조지아 국립무용단의 댄서 메라비와 이라클리. 섬세하고 우아한 춤을 추는 메라비와 상반된 카리스마와 에너지를 가진 이라클리는 무용단의 앙상블 자리를 놓고 선의의 경쟁을 한다. 오디션을 위한 둘만의 연습이 계속될수록 이라클리의 존재는 메라비에게 점차 라이벌에서 저항할 수 없는 열망으로 변하는데...

The war is over. Once a young sculptor, and now a soldier, he returned home. Married, there were children. In search of work, he was hired to make grave monuments. Time passed... At one time, visiting a cemetery with friends, he saw with different eyes all his work done over the years...

Karesz has been raised in an institution, his mother has a new family, and her husband does not tolerate that she meets her first-born son. Karesz tramps, joining up with his casual pals he washes the windscreens of cars, sells newspapers; sometimes they steal, or break into houses if hired.