Atabek Faiziyev

The movie is set in the early fifties in a provincial Uzbek town. Fear and alienation have penetrated this once cozy town. The hero of the film, teenager Alik, once witnesses a boorish act of a neighbor who made a dizzying career out of denunciations. Standing up for a helpless woman, the young hero, thereby signing his own verdict.

Based on the novella Peka by S. Georgiyevskaya. For many years, civil engineer Pulat—who left to work on the construction of the city of Navoi—and his wife Lola—who at the time refused to go with him and later became a popular singer—had not seen each other. Their son has grown up. Realizing that the boy needs a father, and still preserving her love for Pulat, Lola travels with her son to Navoi to take part in sponsored concert performances there.

A high-crime investigator goes to the scene where corruption and crime have taken on new and sophisticated forms in the mountainous southern region of the country. Under the guise of a random train robbery, individual cars loaded with waste from metallurgical production - and essentially enriched gold ore - are stolen. The kidnappers have all the means at their disposal. They mercilessly kill those who try to stop them from stealing tons of gold...