An elderly couple – Jonas and Eleonore invite a real estate agent to sell their flat. It’s a typical Vilnius “komunalka” – a small soviet flat created in the 50’s by dividing a big apartment into several small ones. Eleonore hardly speaks, while Jonas keeps reminiscing on beautiful memories in the the flat. He reveals that they met here. Eleonore clings to that memory, and we delve into it too.
Back in 1947, the room was much bigger – before the dividing wall was built. We see a young Eleonore looking around the apartment, seemingly doing the value assessment. A young Polish man enters the room. In the present time Jonas nostalgically remembers young Eleanore and love at first sight. It feels as if we were watching a flashback of their love story.
Suddenly two NKVD officers enter the apartment to arrest the young Pole. In the scuffle, the Pole pushes her, trying to escape, but is quickly caught by the officers. Eleanore’s eyes meet the Polish man’s gaze, full of fear and pain. One of the NKVD officers reaches out his hand to help her stand up. Eleonore’s and Jonas’ eyes meet for the first time.
Back in the present, Eleonore remains fixated on the grotesque memory of their first encounter and on the choices she made back then.