It is much easier to discuss problems than to solve them.

But all the inhabitants of the dacha outside Moscow in the old academic settlement are used to talking a lot, but not enough to do.

It is difficult for them to take responsibility for their lives. It is much easier to talk endlessly about the "Russian idea", to recall the past of a close-knit family dear to the heart, the events of the past.

The hostess, an elderly woman, is busy with literary work.

She urgently needs to translate into English a large book of the modern author, therefore, her hands do not reach her at all. The house is in complete disarray, it seems that it will soon collapse.

She has three adult daughters who live with her.

She likes to talk about the difficulties of life, the difficulties of finding mutual understanding with the younger generation.

Her own brother is very similar to her sister. He is also a helpless intellectual who lives only with memories of a ballerina, in which he was in love with youth.

They worry that they are planning to build a new subway line under their old dacha.

Will they find the strength to resist this scourge?