A weak but kind man is gradually drawn into drunkenness, losing his job and family only to eventually commit a crime.
The basis of the film story is the creation of a talented football team by a coach, its participation in a qualifying match, and preparation for the World Cup.
Sofya Petrovna, a typist from a publishing house in Leningrad, has her only son repressed. In her publishing house, managers and ordinary employees were repressed. And Sofya Petrovna begins walking around the offices, trying to explain that a mistake has occurred.
