After losing his parents in Turkey, a newly orphaned boy starts a new life in the Russian town of Batum and yearns to be like the other boys, complete with a Russian cap of his own.

A man becomes attracted to a beautiful woman and wants to learn more about the girl. However, he finds it difficult as she has become despondent after being mistreated by men.

A lonely elderly woman approaches a nomadic spiritual woman and seeks advice regarding her young maid, from whom the elderly woman feels suddenly distant.