The secretary of the district committee, Firangiz, is cautious and demanding, as well as very harsh and inconsistent. She cannot tolerate not only her compatriots, but even her husband, the researcher Murad, and her entire family.

The events take place at the Scientific Research Institute of Ophthalmology in Baku. Shahbazov is the director of the institute. Despite the fact that he and Narmina, who work with him and have similar personalities, are educated and experienced doctors, the institute is undermining those who are ahead of them.

The events in the film take place in and around the family of Khosrov Atayev. Khosrov Atayev's wife, Dilshad Khanum, who lives an honest and upright life, is a woman obsessed with fame and money. This moral gap between them, and the mistakes made by Dilshad, eventually put an end to their family life.