Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An shirya makircin tsakanin 1937 da 1947, a cikin wani karamin ƙauyen Hutsul na gargajiya a Arewacin Bukovina. Zvonars matalauta ne na mawaƙa, waɗanda ke rayuwa ta hanyar yin wasa a cikin bukukuwan gida. Dukkan 'yan uwan biyu, Petro da Orest, suna ƙaunar Dana, kyakkyawar' yar firist. Yaron ƙaramin ɗan'uwansu, Heorhii, matashi ne mai mafarki wanda ke sha'awar mayya na ƙauyen, Vivdya. A 1940, hukumomin Romania sun ba da yankin ga Soviets
Ka yi haƙuri. Dana ta ƙaunaci wani jami'in Red Army mai suna Ostap kuma ya yanke shawarar aure shi. A ranar da za su yi aure, 'yan Jamus da 'yan Romaniya sun mamaye ƙasar. Ostap dole ne ya koma ƙungiyarsa, kuma Petro ya bar ƙungiyar don shiga Red Army. Orest ya yaudari Dana kuma ya kai ta zuwa tsaunuka, inda ya shiga cikin 'yan kishin ƙasa na Ukraine kuma daga baya, Sojojin Insurgent na Ukraine. Bayan shekaru uku na zalunci na mulkin mallaka na Romania, Ostap da Petro sun dawo yayin da Soviets suka sake karɓar yankin. Suna ƙoƙarin gabatar da ci gaba, suna kawo wa mazaunan ƙauyen tarakta na zamani. Dana ya watsar da Orest kuma ya koma ƙauyen. Ya ɗaure Ostap zuwa tarakta kuma ya ƙone shi; Petro yayi ƙoƙari ya cece shi, amma duka sun mutu. Lokacin da ya ziyarci wani bikin aure don rawa tare da Dana, tsofaffi Heorhii da mazauna ƙauyen sun yanke shawarar fuskantar shi. Ya kashe kansa lokacin da aka kama shi. Heorhii ya yi karatun likitanci kuma ya zama likita a karkashin sabon tsarin Soviet.