1904年。日俄战争。满洲里。在一个半毁的中国村庄的俄军撤退站里有一个俄罗斯军医院。院长Sergey Karenin得知受伤的军官Count Vronsky是毁了他母亲Anna Karenina的人。不抱幻想不期待答案,Karenin来到了Vronsky面前,问他这个困扰了他一生的问题:是什么让他的母亲越线?Vronsky犹豫了一下,同意告诉他对Anna Karenina悲剧的爱情故事,发现人们只记得他们选择记住的事。沉浸在过去中,Vronsky开始重新评估三十年前的故事,终于意识到,多年来他一直在被往事所控制。1904. The Russian-Japanese War. Manchuria. Russian military hospital on the retreat stations in a half-destroyed Chinese village. The head of the hospital Sergey Karenin learns that the wounded officer Count Vronsky is the person who ruined his mother Anna Karenina. Harboring no illusions and expecting no answers, Karenin comes to Vronsky and asks him the question which has been tormenting him all his life: what made his mother cross the line? After some hesitation Vronsky agrees to tell the story of his tragic love for Anna Karenina, observing that people remember only what they choose to remember. Immersed in the past, Vronsky begins to reassess the story of thirty years ago and finally comes to realize that for many years he has been in the grip of the bygone events.