Anna is a teacher of Russian language and literature from a seaside town. She is happy, in love and preparing for her wedding. A young man from a wealthy family, Mikhail, proposed to her. But on the wedding day, right during the ceremony, the groom suddenly runs away with his ex-girlfriend. Upset, Anna decides to leave the city and start a new life. She transfers to a rural school, where she is promised a service apartment. However, instead, she is given an abandoned house surrounded by unfriendly and dangerous neighbors.