St. Petersburg theater actress Sasha Sokolovskaya finds a small cameo with an image of a laughing mask at the bottom of the sea in Montenegro, and two suspicious men begin hunting for the girl, demanding to give up the find. At the same time, a cameo depicting an angry mask falls into the hands of a modest manager, Dasha Karaseva. The girls will now have to unite to escape the priests of an unusual pagan cult. There are already many innocent victims on the account of cruel criminals, fans of the harsh Moloch. The fugitives are united not only by ancient jewelry and common enemies, but also by a family legend that sheds light on the fate of the artifacts. The mere fact that Dasha and Sasha see the same dreams - about ancient Carthage, about the Emperor of Rome Nero - could tell them a lot. At a critical moment, the same man comes to the aid of the girls, accompanied everywhere by a large white dog...