The film's characters are Pavel, a successful rake journalist who writes on acute Perestroika topics, and an intelligent but free woman (a doctor by profession) who is trying to escape from unnecessary love. A chance acquaintance becomes the beginning of their long difficult relationship on the way to love and mutual understanding.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Aleksandr MartynovNot listed | Not listed |
 Svetlana RyabovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Olga ArosevaNot listed | Not listed |
 Boris NovikovNot listed | Not listed |
 Vyacheslav BaranovNot listed | Not listed |
 Vadim AndreyevNot listed | Not listed |
 Vladimir NosikNot listed | Not listed |
 Igor PushkaryovNot listed | Not listed |
 Tamara SyominaNot listed | Not listed |
 Tatyana NazarovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Andrei TashkovNot listed | Not listed |
 Artyom KarapetyanNot listed | Not listed |
 Zoya VasilkovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Viktor BychkovNot listed | Not listed |
 Igor KlassNot listed | Not listed |
 Aleksandr UlyanovNot listed | Not listed |
| YYuriy KoninNot listed | Not listed |
| VVladimir AbashevNot listed | Not listed |
| IIrina GusevaNot listed | Not listed |
| NNadezhda KazachokNot listed | Not listed |
| VV. LukyanovNot listed | Not listed |
| IIrina SvechnikovaNot listed | Not listed |