Set in Yugoslavia of the 1950s, this is the story of an aged boxer, Đuka, who now earns his living with a series of odd jobs. On his way home, he meets his relative Čedo and his two ballerina friends. He takes them all home, but finds out that his sick mother has also moved in. During a failed attempt to rob a warehouse, Čedo kills Đuka’s boss and Đuka is left without a job or a home. The party signs into a hotel and tries to get money from a restaurant owner who likes the company of the young. When he makes a move towards Čedo, they beat him up, rob him and Čedo kills him. Now Đuka, his mother and Svetlana decide to get away from nervy Čedo. In the meantime though, Čedo has promised to marry his old girlfriend and her family is getting impatient. When he invites Đuka and Svetlana over, the wedding guests are already gathering, not knowing that Čedo plans to steal the money from the poor girl’s father. As something goes wrong and Svetlana is shot, Đuka goes mad, beats up Čedo and leaves for his home village, only to see Čedo and the two dancers appear again laughing like crows.