Thin and intricately intertwined threads connect close people with each other. Both the actions and even the feelings of one of the relatives resonate in the life of the other in the most unexpected way. Especially if the feelings are strong: love, attraction, anger... A mutual echo of strong feelings passes through the Ivlev family - Tamara, her husband, their adult daughter, the doctor Marina. Each of them seems to have their own struggles and aspirations. This is natural, because at thirty and at fifty you look at life completely differently. But the time comes when the choice made by the mother affects the life of her daughter in an almost mystical way...