Socio-criminal drama that tells a story of friendship of men from a ghetto of Taraz city. The meeting with the angry and armed son of the local bandit becomes the key turning point in lives of three individuals and their relatives.

Assan is trying to make ends meet. He receives help from his friends and he is helping them out too. He gets into trouble and his friends are there for him, will he be as faithful to them as they are to him, when it comes to the critical question of choosing between lives of his friends and the life of his mother.