The plot of "The Line" is based on a real historical episode - the return of eighty-year-old Igor Stravinsky to Russia in 1962, after a fifty-year absence. The line begins to form on the whispered rumor that a famous exiled composer is returning to Moscow to conduct his last symphony. Tickets will be limited. Nameless faces join the line, jostling for preferred position. But as time passes and the seasons change and the ticket kiosk remains shuttered, these anonymous souls take on individual shape. Unlikely friendships are forged, long-buried memories spring to life, and a year-long wait is rewarded with unexpected acts of kindness that ease the bleakness of harshly lived lives. A disparate gaggle of strangers evolves into a community of friends united in their desire to experience music they have never been allowed to hear. Si︠u︡zhet "Linii" osnovan na realʹnom istoricheskom ėpizode - vozvrashchenii vosʹmidesi︠a︡tiletnego Igori︠a︡ Stravinskogo v Rossii︠u︡ v 1962 godu posle pi︠a︡tidesi︠a︡tiletnego otsutstvii︠a︡. Ocheredʹ nachinaet formirovatʹsi︠a︡ na slukhakh o tom, chto izvestnyĭ kompozitor v izgnanii vozvrashchaetsi︠a︡ v Moskvu, chtoby dirizhirovatʹ svoeĭ posledneĭ simfonieĭ. Bilety budut ogranicheny. Bezymi︠a︡nnye lit︠s︡a prisoedini︠a︡i︠u︡tsi︠a︡ k ocheredi, bori︠a︡sʹ za predpochtitelʹnoe mesto. No s techeniem vremeni, smenoĭ vremen goda i zakrytiem biletnykh kioskov ėti anonimnye dushi obretai︠u︡t individualʹnui︠u︡ formu. Neveroi︠a︡tnai︠a︡ druzhba nalazhivaetsi︠a︡, davno pokhoronennye vospominanii︠a︡ ozhivai︠u︡t, a god ozhidanii︠a︡ voznagrazhdaetsi︠a︡ neozhidannymi dobrymi delami, kotorye oblegchai︠u︡t mrachnostʹ surovoĭ zhizni. Razroznennai︠a︡ gruppa neznakomt︠s︡ev prevrashchaetsi︠a︡ v soobshchestvo druzeĭ, obʺedinennykh zhelaniem uslyshatʹ muzyku, kotorui︠u︡ im nikogda ne razreshali uslyshatʹ.