Anatoly wandered through prisons since his youth and, after serving nine years, decided to make a confession to investigator Khlebnikov that ten years ago, in a company with other teenagers, he committed murder during a fight. But over the years, people's fates have diverged, and all members of the street company have become normal members of society. The law requires punishment, but won't it break the possible future of these people and their families? When Anatoly was released from prison, he met with Khlebnikov, experiencing a natural craving for a person who humanly showed a participation in his fate, and most importantly - believed. Yesterday's prisoner, who had no experience of his adult free life, had to adapt to life in freedom. But not everything turned out to be within the power of Anatoly, and the investigator again and again helped his ward out of trouble so that he did not return to the zone .