The author's view of Vladimir Vysotsky, but without the author's text. The film is built solely on the stories of the singer's contemporaries. Why did Vysotsky not like Galich and how did he behave in relations with the director of the famous Taganka Lyubimov? What did marriage with Marina Vladi give the poet and what did it take away, what did he have to sacrifice for the opportunity to visit the West? What were friends afraid of in the last year of Vysotsky's life, and why do some of them still not stand each other? Why did the poet's mother want her son to die soon? The film by Igor Shestakov is an attempt to understand what it is like to be close to a genius. The film uses little-known footage from the chronicle, including fragments of songs filmed by fans directly from the auditorium.