Irina returns with her son to her hometown in the south—the place where her story once began, and from which she had once fled in haste, blinded by love and dreams of a happy future. A painful family conflict, the betrayal of her once-beloved husband, her son’s alarming diagnosis, the exhausting search for a job, difficult relations with her sister, and the wary attitude of her colleagues, who now see her only as a «northerner»—all of this comes crashing down on the woman like an unstoppable snowball. Yet, despite the trials, Irina finds the strength to start life anew: she learns to truly listen to her child, gains inner resilience, and finally opens her heart to genuine, sincere love.
