Yusif Qasımlı

August 1922. An American journalist, Jerry Thompson, travels to the Soviet Union and arrives in Azerbaijan. He visits the settlement of Mardakan in Baku. There, he meets an elderly man at a villa. Thompson can hardly believe what he hears. Standing before him is Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, a once-great oil producer, millionaire, and philanthropist who lost all his wealth after the establishment of Soviet rule. Haji recounts his life story to the guest, a journey that saw him rise from a humble mason to an influential oil industrialist.

The film tells about the collision of cars outside Baku on New Year's Eve. During the heated argument between drivers and passengers who are blaming each other, the heroes are about to completely forget that there are only a few minutes left until New Year, and they have to make an urgent decision about how to spend it...

The psychological state of a family whose son was martyred during the Second Karabakh War, after this event. The father sends his son off to military service with joy and pride. The family spends their days hoping to hear from their son. One day, they receive news that their only son has risen to the level of martyrdom. Although the mother can grieve and express her feelings, the father, on the contrary, exhibits strange behavior in the face of this news. He seems to distance himself from the environment and is left alone with his inner world, and struggles with himself in his inner world.