Russia, 1899 A young Muscovite has a dream; to attend Moscow State University and become one of the most gilded novelists of his era. One day, a seemingly chance encounter with a trapeze artist in a French traveling circus shakes his foundations, and forces him to make a choice between his family, his dreams or spending the rest of his life with the man that he loves. Do soulmates really exist? Or are we destined to spend the rest of our lives alone?