Returning from the army, Pierre starts working for the police. Before joining the army, he loved his neighbor Tina, who moved to another city. One day a house is being broken into and Pierre is wounded by criminals.

The war is over. Once a young sculptor, and now a soldier, he returned home. Married, there were children. In search of work, he was hired to make grave monuments. Time passed... At one time, visiting a cemetery with friends, he saw with different eyes all his work done over the years...

A respected philatelist is murdered in his own apartment, leaving only one inconspicuous stamp stolen from his collection. The seemingly unmotivated murder leads prosecutors on a trail of a dangerous criminal.