They are very different—three sisters, three beauties. One of them loves without being loved back; the second is loved, but she can’t honestly return the feeling; the third is torn between two men. Life goes on, circumstances change—and now one sister leaves her lover, the other finds family happiness, the third ends up at a crossroads.
One thing remains unchanged: their tea-time gatherings in the old parental house. Heart-to-heart conversations until midnight, pies, tea, cherry jam—these simple attributes of Russian happiness help them through. In sorrow, and in joy...