Ignat was rejected from his institute because he started drinking. He returns to his small provincial town where people do nothing and die of boredom. There is only one local military bachelor. Ignat played a dirty trick on him and the soldier promised to have him sent to the army. At first Ignat refuses, then he makes friends with someone who could be the father he never knew. He is ready to leave for the army, but at the last moment shows up again at his institute...
