The hero of the film is an ordinary Moscow teenager. And he lives a completely ordinary life of a Moscow teenager. With one exception, he is a fan of the game "Dog High", although he has not played it for a long time. But today he will try to play again. According to statistics, over the past 10 years, more than 1,000 teenagers have died from strangulation games.

Pianism is the practice of piano music. It implies mastery of the instrument. In the life of the protagonist, Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of international competitions Sergei Musaelyan, this term takes on a slightly different meaning.

A film about an actress who does not play, but through a documentary tries to dot all the points.

Life in a small town in the province pushes the heroes of the film to extraordinary actions that seem reprehensible from the outside.