A young huntsman Kamil comes to a distant backwater from Tashkent. He is settled in the place of his predecessor, in the house of Asal, a young strange girl who is painfully experiencing the premature death of her mother. The loneliness of the heroes will be replaced by a mutual need for sympathy and closeness. But one day, having witnessed the humorous flirtation of his beloved with a laboratory assistant, Asal will leave the reserve and will not respond to the long call of an alarmed Kamil.