After his long-lost son is suddenly thrust back into his life, a charismatic con artist takes to the road with his two wives, swindling everyone they encounter along their path.

The autistic postman had been diligently delivering mail since childhood. The whole town knew and loved him, and a few families held a special place in his heart. One day, he couldn’t bring himself to deliver a death notice. Instead, he wrote a “letter from the front”. From then on, he replaced death notices with letters, and no one ever suspected the deception because the postman was a talented man – his letters seemed to be written by different people. But this didn’t last long, because during wartime, the military authorities closely monitored the mail.

The middle-aged Valya is waiting for the arrival of her groom, whom she met through correspondence. Valya prepares for the meeting: she bakes pies, buys linen, quarrels with her old mother, and argues with the neighbours from the village. The villagers sceptically look on her marriage to a man who has been released from prison...