Maria Safronova is a black sheep in her native village of Oktyabrsky, located in the Ulyanovsk region. She is an artist, and stands out not only for her bright costumes. She opened an art school in the village, painted and decorated the assembly halls of the school, the House of Culture, and laid out a flower bed. But behind the external success lies a dramatic story of female suffering, which no one around her knows about.