Lonely widow Yulia Shumova accidentally sees an American film on TV, the plot of which completely repeats the life story of her late husband Peter and his companion and childhood friend Mikhail Gvozditsky. It follows from the film that the car accident in which Peter died was set up by an unknown avenger in black. In a panic, she rushes to the police, where Gena Mylnikov, recently appointed to a leadership position, does not take her words seriously. But in vain...