To the chairman of the factory committee of one of the Leningrad factories, Fyodor Gorbachev, a man of weak character, not Having managed to overcome his petty-proprietor psychology, his brother Sergei, a former kulak and trader, arrives from the village. His arrival brings quarrels and discord into the friendly Gorbachev family. At Fyodor's request, the plant director hires Sergei, but demands a favor in return.
Loosely based on “Kinsfolk”, a novel by Mikhail Chumandrin.
New morale comes into collision with the old private-ownership mentality.
