There were many incredible turns in the life of the main character of the film, so surprising that it seems that the biography of one person simply cannot contain them. From Moscow State University to Baghdad University, from there to the Central Committee of the CPSU, and then to work as a watchman in an Orthodox church and a swift church career under the direct tutelage of Patriarch Alexy II. Now this man, remaining a priest, develops new talents of the writer, literary critic and propagandist of poetic creativity Vladimir Vysotsky. He is also an artistic musician and singer. In general, personality.

The protagonist of the film, Russian composer and singer Alexander Vista, was born into a family of deaf parents. In the past, Alexander worked at the Lenkom Theater, in the legendary rock band Araks. And now he is passionate about interpreting the legacy of classical composers, collaborating with the Gnessin Virtuosos orchestra.

The main characters of the film are a husband and wife, doctors of a rural hospital on the shores of Lake Onega. Observation of their life and the life of their fellow villagers causes a variety of thoughts about what is happening to the Russian intelligentsia in post-perestroika times, about the indifference of the authorities to “ordinary” people and the problem of preserving the spiritual and historical heritage, about how not to lose a sense of the meaning of life.

A small steppe town in the Volga region. Old wooden houses in the center, rotting Khrushchev on the outskirts. Provincial boredom and hopelessness are opposed by two people, an Orthodox priest and a choir director, she is also a Sunday school teacher. The situation might seem normal, if not for one circumstance. The priest is a Frenchman, a former Catholic monk who converted to Orthodoxy. The regent is an Englishwoman, a philologist, and a former Protestant. They are in love with Russia and believe that it is here that they have found their place on Earth.