Lyusya, a modest young woman, lives with her mother and works as a prompter at a theater. She is in love with Maskov, a brilliant tenor—though, in truth, everyone is in love with him, as he is a star. Lyusya’s mother worries deeply about her 28-year-old daughter and looks for a way to secretly introduce her to someone else—someone who might capture her heart and help her forget her idol. Then, on New Year’s Eve, such a candidate appears. However, things do not unfold at all as the mother had planned, and Lyusya ends up meeting someone entirely different...