The focus of the story is on the Korablev family, a retired pilot and his wife, a music teacher. The respectable couple decides to leave the capital city of Moscow and move to the village of Kolotilovo. Hoping to save their marriage by taking their spouse away from the temptations of the metropolis, Korablev expects a fresh start. However, life in the village has many surprises in store for the couple. A scandal with their neighbors, the Shirshekovs, a rural tractor driver and his wife Tatyana, starts with small disagreements but escalates into a full-blown war involving all the local residents.