The geologist Yurtov goes to Siberia, where three years ago the unsuccessful search for oil was stopped. He hires a well-known in professional circles driller Vinnichek from Bashkortostan, negotiates with local lumberjacks, and begins to build a camp, dreaming of chill to begin searches, the meaning of which no one believes, except the young motorist Genka
A police detective arrives in a Siberian town to reopen the investigation of the murder of a schoolgirl, as he has some doubts about the culpability of the man who was convicted.
