A certain Chumakov addressed the People's Judge Kavelin. He brought a statement of claim to his son, Sergey Gribanov, in which he demands care, love and alimony from him. Chumakov, who left his family when the boy was two years old, is now afraid to be alone, because Sergei's stepfather has become a real, loving father... Judge Kavelin has to figure out this difficult, but unfortunately, life-changing situation.
A high school student lives with his mother, an honest Soviet worker in an ordinary communal apartment. Her boyfriend, who is engaged in small-scale commercial adventures, introduces the guy to a spirited, intelligent girl, who opens up to him a whole world of beautiful, great, but persecuted literature - the poets of the Silver Age. The atmosphere thickens...
