On the day of her twentieth wedding anniversary, Nadezhda Grushina loses everything that made up the meaning of her life: her businessman husband leaves for another, her grown-up daughter goes abroad. Nadezhda remains alone in her parents' large apartment in the center of St. Petersburg.

The Petersburg Romance

Who doesn't dream of their own apartment, especially in the city center? The heroes of the film, two ordinary married couples, are no exception. However, on the way to their dream stands a cunning developer who, in return for hard earned money, gives a foundation pit for the house. Ordinary Russians do not want to put up with injustice and quite accidentally take the head of a construction company prisoner.