Anatoly Krupnov, aka Krupsky, one of the most charismatic representatives of the Russian rock scene, was immediately remembered by the whole being. Creator and leader of the Black Obelisk group. A unique bass player, whom many rock bands dreamed of seeing in their lineup.

The main character of the film is Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn. The film uses materials both previously known and unpublished so far, as well as interviews with Alexander Isaevich, in which he talks about the future of Russia and the world in the 21st century, about modern literature and his difficult life. In addition to him, people who knew him closely, Evgeny Mironov, Alexander Sokurov, Georges Niva, Boris Morozov and his most important close friend and wife Natalia Dmitrievna Solzhenitsyna, participate in the film.

The protagonist of the film is film director Alexei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov. An honest and talented artist, he expressed the essence of the time and our belonging to it most harshly in his films.

The film takes place against the backdrop of the events of November 2014. When the diploma of higher education of Yekaterinburg Mayor Yevgeny Roizman was in question. How did it happen that a man who positioned himself as a poet for most of his life became the mayor of a city of one and a half million people?