Set in the Soviet Union, the film is a chronicle of a life of one successful artist: his family, his friends, his clients, and his artworks.

Yuri Belyayevas Aleksandr Kryukov
Yelena Soloveyas Irina
Irina Skobtsevaas Anna Ivanovna
Yuri Zvyagintsevas Yura
Sergei Yakovlevas Ivan Semyonovich
Irina Rozanovaas Tanya
Yevgeni Vesnikas otets Aleksandra
Yuriy Kuznetsovas Stanislav Lapshin
Mykola Hrynkoas akademik Stanislav Sheshko
Arkadi Shalolashvilias psikhiatr Mikhail Gorodkov
Anatoly Lapshov