Left alone besides being very young, Artemiy gets a job at the cemetery. There he is accepted by an inveterate gravedigger becoming his mentor. The guy works hard despite the fact that everything has sort of fallen apart. Then a strange, whimsical girl turns to them for services: she orders to paint the coffin of a deceased helpmate in pink, and Artemiy falls in love with her. After the burial they are left alone at the cemetery.