Zhivko, everyone's favorite, rapes the young woman worker Milka. She attempts suicide. Milka does not want to press charges because she is afraid of the rumors in the small city. The local district attorney presses the charges. She has to fight with the numerous defendants of Zhivko, who present him as an essential specialist in the local factory. The first trial is lost. Milka makes a second suicide, this time she succeeded. The tragic event motivates the attorney to fight to the end.