The film tells the story of two people: a country boy who was a cinema mechanic, showed films in village clubs, played the accordion masterfully and was the soul of the company; and a criminal who has spent 20 years in prison for murder and robbery and is about to die in prison. They both contracted tuberculosis with a difference of 60 years, finding themselves in "state houses".

The film seeks to answer the question, who is to blame for the fact that people are still dying from a disease that has long been learned to treat? Does everyone have the same right to health, which is protected by the Constitution? And what should the state do first, treat or punish?