Plot Summary:Welcome to Russia to experience a poignant love story. With a blend of the idealistic and the impossible, the two leading characters of this movie will show you that love is worth every tireless effort. In Saint Petersburg, Chekhov meets aspiring writer Lydia Avilova. Between them arises a mutual sympathy, which develops into a deep feeling. But Avilova is married, and Chekhov is terminally ill.