There are rumors that the village of Anisovka will be razed to the ground and a railway bridge will be built in its place. The villagers don't know what to do - to abandon their houses and go the town, or to wait and see. They invite a psychologist to help them out of their dilemma, and the lives of many people including the psychologist himself take a new turn... Meanwhile the life of the Russian village goes on, with its sad and comic sides, and who knows what turn will the events take finally?