The TV series "The Weeping Willow" is a melodrama about the intertwining fates of the residents of the small town of Krasino against the backdrop of historical events. In 1914, a famous actress named Maria Shuvalova is murdered in the settlement. And a hundred years later, in 2014, a social worker named Ekaterina Shuvalova moves to the same town. She is appointed as the deputy mayor in charge of social issues. But as she begins her duties, she unexpectedly encounters secrets from the past that seem to directly involve her family.