Hope dreams of great love and a bright future. From childhood, the humble excellent student Egor dries on it. However, at the moment when he mustered up the determination to propose to the girl, she falls in love with his friend, self-confident womanizer Ivan. Soon Nadya marries him and the young people move into an apartment with their mother-in-law. Ivan's mother does not approve of his choice, but is ready to endure the daughter-in-law for the sake of the newborn grandson Vanechka. The girl's happy life collapses overnight when her husband suddenly dies and her son disappears. And now his search becomes for Nadezhda the only meaning of life.