Politimanden Howie modtager et mystisk brev om en forsvunden pige på en afsides skotsk ø. Han tager afsted for at undersøge sagen, men opdager, at alle øens beboere nægter at kende til pigen. Samtidig lader indbyggerne til at være involveret i okkulte ritualer, ledet af den excentriske adelsmand Summerisle. Howie aner snart en sammenhæng mellem den forsvundne pige og ritualerne.
Having returned from the army, 20-year-old Sergei settles down at the thermal power station and merges into ordinary life. Every day he meets and spends time with childhood friends — the young family man Slava and the merry fellow Nikolai, and once at first sight he falls in love with a stranger on the bus. A lyrical story about a generation of young people entering adulthood, a reappraisal of values, life principles, traditions in culture and art.
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.