The filmmaking debut by Oleksandr Koval, which was filmed as a graduation work at the "Ukrkinokhronika" studio on the invitation of its director Viktor Shkurin. Story about the crew of Afanasiy Nikitin rescue ship in the Black Sea near Odesa. The film conveys the true poetics of the sea, the love for which arose in the filmmaker during his numerous internships at various studios in the USSR, including the ones located in Magadan.