The Gudov family lives in a small village near Moscow. Sergey is the head of a friendly family, everything is fine with him: a faithful wife, a daughter of marriageable age, a farm, a house. He considers his brother Semyon to be a rotten branch on the family tree. After all, Semyon disgraces the good name of the Gudovs, instead of normal business, he commands a cemetery, a sauna and microloans. Sergey only lacks an heir, but suddenly Matvey appears in his house - a charming orphan boy who claims to be his illegitimate son. From this moment on, the family idyll turns into a test for everyone, and the insidious brother, under the cover of the noise, seeks to take the family land for himself.