The main hero of the film suddenly turns out to be a hostage. Gradually, he realizes that he fell into this situation because of the ambiguous consequences of his good intentions.
In a snowed-under village lives the shepherd Ivan Sergeyevich. Every morning he cleans up the manure and feeds the cows. Day after day goes by in this way. One winter morning a stranger arrives in the village in an expensive car and offers Ivan Sergeyevich good work in the city. Ivan Sergeyevich...