A parliament member suddenly finds a dead body in his hotel room...

In a snowed-under village lives the shepherd Ivan Sergeyevich. Every morning he cleans up the manure and feeds the cows. Day after day goes by in this way. One winter morning a stranger arrives in the village in an expensive car and offers Ivan Sergeyevich good work in the city. Ivan Sergeyevich agrees with pleasure. The stranger takes Ivan Sergeyevich away from the village to the city...

The main hero of the film suddenly turns out to be a hostage. Gradually, he realizes that he fell into this situation because of the ambiguous consequences of his good intentions.