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...
Людмила Гурченко
as Vera Nefyodova
Олег Басилашвили
as Platon Ryabinin
Никита Михалков
as Andrey
Нонна Мордюкова
as Uncle Misha
Михаил Кононов
as Nikolasha
Анастасия Вознесенская
as Yulya
Александр Ширвиндт
as Shurik
Татьяна Догилева
as Marisha
Ольга Волкова
as Violetta
Raisa Etush
as Lyuda
Temur Yunusov
as Melon Seller
Анатолий Скорякин
as Superintendent
