When the beautiful and young philologist Polina Ryzhik decides to escape from the cruel New York, having not found a promising job or happy love there, she does not even suspect that the quiet town of Danzig - so cozy at first glance - is fraught with terrible nightmares. Having settled down As a literature teacher at a school in Danzig, Polina gradually immerses herself in the life of the local community and learns one secret after another. As a result, she has to fight for her own life and, on the way to salvation, break many moral prohibitions, becoming a completely different person...