Ranney vesnoy neizvestnyy molodoy chelovek shodit s poezda na derevenskoy stantsii s uvesistym chemodanom v ruke. Znakomoe nachalo? Roman Vospennikov, myslyaschiy, molodoy i krasivyy, s ideyami i nadezhdami, sbegaet ot lzhivogo goroda v derevnyu, k zemle, k narodu, chtoby tam posvyatit sebya iskusstvu. Ego tut zhe okruzhayut tetushka s dyadyushkoy, zadornye krestyane, serdobolnye baby, ugryumyy f...