Olga Radchuk

The story of a refugee from Kazakhstan who in the spring of 2022 saved hundreds of Ukrainians in Bucha and other cities and towns occupied by Russian troops.

For five years, Irina patiently waited for her beloved Kostya to divorce his wife and propose to her. Finally, the long-awaited day arrived: Konstantin invited Irina to a restaurant and solemnly announced that he had bought engagement rings. However, the second ring was not for her, but for his boss's daughter. Irina was devastated. Unable to accept her beloved's betrayal, she decided to take her own life. At the entrance to the pharmacy, where the poor woman had gone to buy a lethal dose of sleeping pills, she encountered an abandoned dog. Upon learning that the poor animal was being taken to the slaughterhouse, Irina was overcome with compassion and decided to take it in.

Denis Valevsky is a 45 year-old businessman, he owns a furniture factory. He makes a tough business, quarrels with his bored wife and measures his life clearly - with dollar bills. The only thing to be appreciated is money. But the car accident unexpectedly throws Denis out of his routine. Suddenly he starts noticing things that had never interested him before: forms of flowers, silhouettes on the dress of his wife, unusual wall-paper colors... Inspired by these new abilities Denis spends all of his attention painting, gradually throwing all his businesses out of the head. As a result - he misses a profitable deal, partners recall their money back, and when a young lady artist appears in Denis' life, everything turns to complete confusion...

Mariupol. Pre-war life in a small Ukrainian town on the shore of the Azov Sea, with a good family life, quarrelsome neighbors, amateur opera, denunciations to the NKVD, and a dance floor in the city garden, the persecution of religion and, of course, with love.