A young woman from the countryside, Klavdia Poukhlakova, finds herself near the tent demolished by the tanks of a gypsy child. Having pity on the child, she takes him home where she will raise him as her son. Seventeen years pass. One day in the village arrives the gypsy Boudoulaï, a lonely man who has suffered a lot. He quickly wins the sympathy of Poukhliakova's adopted son. Fearing that Boudoulaï is the father of her adopted son, Klavdia becomes afraid...
