在这部米米诺喜剧片中,直升机驾驶员瓦里科在格鲁吉亚山区工作，为交通不便的群众运送生活物资、放映电影。当地群众十分爱戴他，称他“米米诺”。有一次，他遇到从前的同学，如今人家已是大型客机上的机长了。瓦里科心中十分羡慕，很想到大飞机上去工作。于是他辞去了山区的职务，只身来到城里。在城里，瓦里科受到许多冷遇。他与一个莽撞司机哈切基扬萍水相逢，两人在城里又经历了一系列奇遇。城里的人情冷漠使瓦里科很不自在，他不时地回忆起山区群众……
Pilot Mimino works at small local airlines in Georgia, flying helicopters between small villages. He dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Rubik from Armenia who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow.
