In Soviet Armenia in the 1960s, notions of first love and youthful intimacy clash with the strict moral codes of the older generation. The story of a young couple in a mountain village and the experiences of schoolchildren in Yerevan reveal how gossip, unfounded suspicions, and silence can wound feelings that are only beginning to take shape. Through the perspectives of different generations, a question emerges: does love change over time, or only the ways in which it is expressed?
