The story of a five year old little rebellious girl Vitka with her teenage cousin Larysa and her boyfriend, the young criminal Scar unfolds in a Ukrainian provincial setting       Larysa finds herself at a crossroads after the death of her father       Yearning to be self made, the village community ostracizes her for loving Scar       Larysa discovers her grandmother once sacrificed her love for a young gypsy abandoning him for traditional values and other people's opinions       Larysa's mother is too psychologically weak to support her daughter       Larysa and Scar plan to escape from a life of crime, misery and their relatives       But are they ready to pay the full price for freedom