The film is the director's own view of Valentina Rudenko in the 1960s, the first man's flight into space through the prism of changing social formations, the collapse of the USSR and the beginning of perestroika in the USSR.

The film tells the story of Yuri Gagarin's family before the tragic death of the astronaut, the love and life experiences of his wife Valentina after the loss of her husband.
The film stars close relatives of Yuri Gagarin: wife of Valentina Ivanovna, sister of Zoya Bruevich-Gagarin, niece of Tamar Gagarin, and driver of Yuri Gagarin Fedir Demchuk, hairdresser Igor Khokhlov, employee of the Yuri Gagarmin Memorial Museum.