Soft-hearted Vadik wants to avoid an engagement with sumo wrestler Larisa, who is passionately in love with him, on her birthday. But the girl's stubborn relatives are pressuring him, because a proposal is the best gift.

A heartwarming family film about friendship, mutual support, and love. They say that in the modern world, neighbors don't know each other by name, or even by face. But in one cozy Moscow courtyard, everyone knows each other, visits, and treats everyone to pancakes. When criminals kidnap ten-year-old Vanya, the residents of the building band together and set out to rescue their little neighbor and his mother's publisher.