Film exposes the corruption and the decadence of the late Soviet bureaucracy in Azerbaijan SSR through the eyes of a naive Azerbaijani adult man, Hatem.
A musical fairy tale about a lion who got bored living in the zoo and goes wandering around the city of Baku, where he met and became friends with a boy Rustam.
After learning that his daughter is in love with a truck driver, corrupt Housing Office director tries to make use of his service in a last smuggle operation, then break his promise and marry her to someone else. This comedy is mainly about the dark sides of the Soviet bureucracy.
The film is based on an ordinary everyday story: Mayilla and Gandab have been engaged for a year. When Gandab returns from studying in Baku, he demands his parents return his engagement ring. As the events unfold, it turns out that Gandab met a young man named Fagan in Baku and they fall in love....
