Nostalgia for times that have already become history. The author describes the atmosphere of the era and the internal state of the characters so realistically that you believe him immediately and unconditionally. The beginning of the sixties. Successful film director Ustin Utkin was very unhappy when his former VGIK classmate Nestor Nosov, whom he had not seen for many years, showed up at his dacha. Once upon a time, Ustin married Nosov’s fiancée, whose whole life went upside down after that. The next day, to his horror, the owner found the guest in the barn having shot himself with a homemade gun. Utkin was arrested on suspicion of murder. This was the beginning of a real nightmare for him. On top of that, during the investigation, the director’s wife made an unexpected statement that plunged even seasoned operatives into bewilderment... A unique opportunity to temporarily return to the recent past and, in a sense of complete reality, live with the heroes the most desperate period of their lives.