A film from the film series Chosen by Time.

The film tells the story of the life and work of Mykola Bazhan (1904-1983), a prominent Ukrainian poet, statesman and public figure of the twentieth century. The film recreates the spirit of the Soviet times, which were extremely cruel to the Ukrainian intelligentsia, and against this background, it portrays a portrait of an ambiguous, multifaceted, extremely talented poet and wise man.