A white cat owns a mill, but loses the mill to a black cat and the devil.

At one of Riga’s largest factories, young worker Oļegs graduates from institute with an engineering degree, yet finds it difficult to leave the shop floor behind. As he struggles to reconcile his new professional path with his attachment to the work he knows, the factory collective helps him find his place in life. Along the way, Oļegs must also navigate complicated feelings for Aina, an engineer at the same factory, as he learns to make choices about both his career and his future.

A detective and a militia captain are working together investigating a murder. When their job is done, the feelings do not let them say goodbye.

Doctor Rūdolfs spends time at his country cottage, and there he meets teacher Laura - a mother of two children whose husband is in prison. Rūdolfs rescues Laura's daughter, Zaiga, who is sick, befriends her son, Maris, and falls in love with Laura, but she desperately struggles with her feelings of responsibility towards her family.