The painter Anatoly Buskov has lived in Minsk for a long time, but so far cannot get rid of the anxious memory of the Chernobyl tragedy. His whole family, who then lived in a small village in the Oblast of Gomelsk, had been victims of severe radiation. Buskov leaves for the place where he grew up and discovers with surprise and pleasure that the inhabitants of his native village have not lost heart. This will restore confidence to the painter decides to make a painting of the church of his country