"Mid nineteenth century. The prince and princess Boryatinsky gives birth to a late and not expected child - a girl who literally breaks up a family that previously seemed ideal. From the beginning, Tusya is not like everyone else. Within the strict framework of a society full of conventions, when everyone primarily belongs to the family, and not to himself, she behaves like an absolutely - abnormally even - independent person. She makes decisions - as if when to be born and when to speak, how to behave, what to get carried away with, who to love or hate. The story of how difficult it is to be a free person in an unfree world." --