The film takes place over the course of thirty years. In the center of the story are the family members of the famous Soviet playwright Ilya Kazarnovsky, his son Lev Kazarnovsky and four women - four Loves - Lyubov Lvovna, Lyuba, Lyubasha and Lyuba Malaya. With each of the heroines, the only man in this story develops his own relationship, his own, if you will, intricate kind of love…