Ivan's (Phillip Avramov) best friend, Kamen (Peter Antonov), is dying in an American hospital. Ivan, denied a visa to travel to the United States, can’t even stay by his best friend’s side. Unwilling to give up, he decides to set off for Bulgaria countryside, taking the camera that Kamen gave him long ago. Throughout his journey he writes her a very special letter, telling all about the places and characters he meets on his way, bearing witnesses to a magical time that is soon to be forgotten.