The successful artist Boris Trenikhin, shortly before his mysterious disappearance, undertook to paint portraits of the grandchildren of several government members. And now irritated customers are putting pressure on the investigation, demanding to immediately find out the fate of the artist. The last person to see him was Nikolai Belov, also a popular brush artist. The only thing left to do is to get from Belov a “candid” confession to the murder of a friend. Thus, he will make his punishment easier, and will save the prosecutor's office and the police from a lot of trouble. The main thing is for him to understand: resistance is useless...