New Year's Eve 1940 in the Soviet occupied Estonia. The opening night at the opera is abruptly cancelled when the young prima donna is arrested and deported to Siberia. At the restaurant, Madame Kukk meets a vengeful ex-prostitute.
Monika meets an old friend on the train and succumbs to bitter memories of the summer on 1939, when her path crossed with that of John F Kennedy, vacationing in Estonia.