Investigating a daring robbery of a jewelry store, the investigative team of Colonel Ivan Georgadze uncovers strange connections between this crime and a case from the 1960s.

The plot of a modern parable about love, duty and purity of thoughts is based on the creative process of an opera theater troupe working on staging one of the most complex works of musical classics - G. Puccini's opera "Turandot".

A demoralized society after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The hero of the film is presented as a bearer of satanic principles - he causes conflict between people and universal chaos.