Zhuravushka (aka...A little crane) is based on a story form the novel "Khleb - imya sushchestvitelnoe" by Mikhail Alekseev. Marfa (Chursina) is a widow of a Russian soldier, living in a village in central Russia. She is a single mother, raising a son in the times of hardship. She is very beautiful, but she does not marry anyone, because she is devoted to making her only son happy. And now her son is getting married.