A taxi driver wants to start working on international transport. His boss Paliev refused to give him a positive description because the driver was undisciplined. The driver has powerful acquaintances and involves them in a secret war against Paliev. Paliev lives with his wife and their sick child in a bad house, but they don't give him a better one. The driver promises medicine to a sick child if the wife influences the husband. Many people are afraid to defend Paliev, but in the end justice prevails.