Based on the eponymous fiction novel by Alexander Belyaev.

India, a mysterious school of magicians. Ariel, a 17-year-old European-born student, is studying here. It has the ability to fly. One day, deciding to use his talent, Ariel escapes from school to freedom. He flew alone, and when he got tired, he sat on the wing of the plane and so "air hare" he got to one Indian town. Here he meets a girl named Lolita and falls in love with her. It reciprocates.

Rumors about a flying young man spread across India and reach America. Ariel is invited overseas. But in America, and then in England, he does not find happiness. Ariel returns to India, to Lolita ...