New York, 1961. Alexander Ivanov, a high-ranked Soviet bureaucrat, reluctantly defects to the West whereas is a part of a diplomatic mission, feeling the grief of being unable to know the destiny of his spouse Katya, whom he has needed to go away behind in Moscow. Solely a few years later, in 1991, he'll lastly discover out the reality when his niece Lauren travels to Moscow to take part in a portray exhibition.
