Kruchinina, a known theater prima, gets on a tour to the city where she had an affair ended with pregnancy many years ago. For the sake of the stage she left her young son, who is now grown up, and he became an actor. But the fate of the provincial stage figure is unenviable, because the guy was disappointed in life and began to drink. It is possible that the return of the mother would be his chance to start life and career from the beginning.