A young graduate who has just finished the Moscow Medical Academy chooses to be sent to a provincial hospital. The best student in her class absolutely wants to work here, in her hometown, in the surgical department where a young surgeon, Philip, once saved her. Marta, who has a rare gift for medicine, in everyday life is considered a strange girl. Clumsy, naive, ridiculous, she does not notice the irony of those around her towards her and is convinced that Philip shares her feelings.
