The film's protagonists are children. The film depicts the aspirations of adolescents to achieve their goals, the formation of character and personality, and the struggle for self-determination.
Foreign adventurers arrive in a small town of Georgia on a special mission, but locals hospitality and customs make them forget their goals completely.
The friends decide to marry the young veterinarian, Bachuta, and make a list of possible brides, but Bachuta is already in love with Taliko, who works with him on the farm.
The bus driver notices that the bus has regular passengers, but they don't know each other, they just argue and bicker. The driver deviates from the route, takes the bus into the forest, starts driving, and hides and starts watching from a distance.
Bata, orphaned by her mother, has gone through a long way of life, and witnessed a lot - the fall of feudalism, revolution, and changing times. He got married and raised nine children, but his love for the girl from his village followed him until the end of his life.
Kvarkvare is wrongly accused of activities against the Tsar and is imprisoned, but the Socialist Revolution makes him an imposter "hero". Blinded with the authority, he goes to far in his avenge against the whole village.
The elderly Levan became infatuated with the wife of his fellow villager, Gentor, the young and flirtatious Pasiko. The claims of the old ladies—in-waiting become known to the gossip girl, and from her to the whole neighborhood.