The Steepness

Pavel, having met Sofiyka, came to her village. But she is waiting for her fiancé from the army, Seraphim, for whom the villagers are building a house.

Nurse Yuliya and her husband Radu live happily, and the only thing they miss is children. Out of her kindness, Yuliya settled a new employee, Vera, in the house, who was experiencing a breakup with a loved one. It seemed that nothing could interfere with family happiness, but as luck would have it, Radu was bewitched by the beauty of Vera.

Immediately after the war, veteran Vasile Karuntu came to the machine-building plant where Ion worked, who soon became a foreman. They both fell in love with Maria, but she married Vasile. With Maria, he created a family, raised four children, three of whom are adopted orphans. And now, many years after the first rivalry, the management of the plant releases Jonah from the foreman and appoints Vasile instead...