Original: Саранча
A torrid affair between a passionate lowborn poet and a wealthy Moscow heiress is engulfed by class difference, criminality and, eventually, murder.
Artyom, a simpleton carpenter and a closet poet, engages romantically with a heiress, Lera!
Artyom and Lera's relationship goes through turmoil as their relationship falls apart.
Artyom is torn between his marriage to Natasha and his love for Lera.
The romance between Lera and Artyom is resumed and culminates in a series of brutal murders!
