Follows the plight of a young couple and their child as they choose to go back to the Soviet Union in 1946.

Thomas, a teenager suffering through his parents' divorce, is startled on a country walk by Martin, an escaped convict. The stranger demands that Thomas bring him money for train fare, but in complying, Thomas is nearly killed by Martin's violent accomplice. In a surprising scene, Martin saves Thomas's life. These striking events set the stage for Lili, Thomas's mother, a club owner. Trapped by both her struggles to raise Thomas and the village's...

Trophy housewife Suzanne Pujol steps in to manage the umbrella factory run by her tyrannical husband after he is taken hostage by striking employees.