People are always curious about what’s happening behind a wall—but how many of them would help their neighbors in a difficult moment? Zina was left alone with two tiny children: her husband, an officer-submariner, was always far away; her friends were busy with their own problems. Suddenly it turns out she has no one closer than her neighbor, Pavel. For Zina, this successful businessman is like someone from another planet. Expensive cars, beautiful women, noisy celebrations—this is a strange alien world where there’s no place for tired, desperate women. If it weren’t for the situation of total hopelessness, she would never have knocked on the neighbor’s door. But why does she keep thinking about Pavel more and more, comparing him to her husband?