On a beautiful summer day, three swans land in a forest lake, drop their white feathers and turn into young girls. They are secretly watched by a woodcutter who takes the youngest girl’s clothes. The two eldest get dressed and fly away while the youngest has to stay on the ground with the woodcutter. The film, based on the fairy tale The Swan Maiden by the Latvian writer Kārlis Skalbe, explores a young woman’s choice between freedom and life as a loving mother and wife.