An airplane appears in the sky over the town by the Black Sea cost. The life of the people spins around it. The beauty of the town - Mareto finds true love in the pilot. The young people seem to have forgotten their worries and dream of flying in the sky. The "pretty boy" Velichko who cannot bear that he is no longer the center of attention sets the plane in fire. The others decide to punish him, by leaving him among them: "Here is his shame, here he should suffer." The people tie up the plane with ropes and watch how it moves to the wind like a real bird.