Lyusya is ‘a real woman’, that is a wonderful housewife, a caring mother and an exemplary wife. However life with a despotic husband is not sweet at all, and after his infidelity it all turns into a monotonous routine.
It is hard to say how happy she was when Love knocked at her door. Alexander is not free either, but it seems it was Lyusya whom he dreamed of for all his life… Madly in love they give in to their feelings and soon decide to get married.
Having learned of the affair, the husband kicks Lyusya out of the apartment, her son turns away from her, her mother reproaches her with recklessness. But the real tragedy waits just around the corner. In a hurry to meet with her, Alexander dies in a car accident.
Will Lusya be able to build a new life.. left alone, in poverty, without education, support, and with a broken heart?