Yetenekli dansçı Merab, yıllarını verdiği Gürcü devlet halk dansları ekibinde partneri ve kız arkadaşı Mary ile birlikte kendini kanıtlamaya çalışmaktadır. Süreç hem sert eğitmenleri hem de geleneksel dansın gerekleri yüzünden katı ve sıkıdır. Merab, ekibe yeni katılan yakışıklı ve karizmatik bir gence kapılınca önce çok zorlansa da sonrasında aşkı keşfeder, kimliğini ve cinselliğini bulur.

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.