Sergei Golubyatnikov, a labor teacher, came to his dacha in the Vologda region with his spouse and went fishing with his comrade. The friends decided to take a break in the hunting lodge in the woods. Sergei went out to get his bag, which had been forgotten in the boat, and disappeared. They searched for him for 24 days. All this time Sergei tried to survive in the dense swampy forest...