Ketevan Akhatneli shelters Zurab Gurgenidze, a revolutionary who broke free form prison, and becomes one of the ardent supporters of the revolution. The Akhatneli family consists of people with different political convictions. To save the life of her brother Keto marries Klimiashvili, a head of local gendarmerie. The latter suspects her of sympathizing the revolutionary movement and that’s when she has to decide whether or not to get rid of her own husband.