Abandoned by her lover and penniless, the charming, aristocratic, and vulnerable Madame Lubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya returns to Russia with her sixteen-year-old daughter, Anya. But, on their way back to the ancestral estate, after so many years, the elegant lady sees the once-powerful family's fragrant cherry orchard in full bloom: a painful reminder of her dire economic state and the imminent foreclosure of the enviable property. However, even though the uncouth nouveau-riche merchant, Lopakhin, can't wait to fulfil his ignoble aspirations, more and more, Lubov chooses to cling to the dear memories of a once-glorious past, still stubbornly refusing to face reality, and the irrefutable fact that she is in no position to make demands. Is this the end of a golden era?