The action of the film takes place in one of the provincial towns, where on the occasion of the relocation of the defense plant and, as a result...

A man in his 30s visits a Soviet school to try to hook up with a young teacher there, and meets one of her students, whom he enlists to help...

They decided to arrange a test for the new student: she must spend an hour in a "haunted house." The ghost turns out to be a big black dog.

The plot is based on the creation of a folk dance ensemble in the Palace of culture.