Konstantin Blinov

Young survivor of the siege Yura Tyukalov came to sports after the war, when it seemed he had no strength to live, let alone to conduct grueling training in academic rowing. But after meeting coaches Mikhail and Vera Savrimovich, Yura gets a second wind and starts life anew. Fates, burned by the war, unite in a team where everyone supports and inspires each other. Victories are not easy, but Yura has love, talent and a native team that is unstoppable: their goal is the Olympics in Helsinki.

A teenager's attempt to hold on to his mother ends in tragedy—now their relationship feels more like a death sentence than love. This is a story about blindness that begins long before darkness, and about trying to find a way to "move on," even when it seems there's no "move on."