Platon Ryabinin, a pianist, is traveling by train to a distant town of Griboedov to visit his father. He gets off to have lunch during a twenty minute stop at Zastupinsk railway station. He meets Vera, a waitress, after he refuses to pay her for the disgusting food he doesn't even touch and misses his train due to police investigation of the incident. His passport is then accidentally taken away from him by Andrei, Vera's fiancé, and his money is stolen as he waits for the next train to Griboedov. Vera learns that Platon is about to get sentenced and sent to prison in the Far East for a car accident he isn't guilty for. During the few days that Platon has to spend in Zastupinsk he and Vera develop feelings for each other...
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Vera Nefyodova
Oleg Basilashvili
Platon Ryabinin
Nikita Mikhalkov
Andrey
Nonna Mordyukova
uncle Misha
Mikhail Kononov
Nikolasha
Anastasia Voznesenskaya
Yulya
Tatyana Dogileva
Marisha
Olga Volkova
Violetta
Aleksandr Shirvindt
Shurik
Raisa Etush
Lyuda
Temur Yunusov
melon seller
Stanislav Sadalskiy
station thief
Zhanna Aleksandrova
waitress
Ibragim Bargi
Senior Lieutenant
Alla Budnitskaya
Platon's wife
