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.
Юрий Беляев
as Aleksandr Kryukov
Елена Соловей
as Irina
Ирина Скобцева
as Anna Ivanovna
Юрий Звягинцев
as Yura
Сергей Яковлев
as Ivan Semyonovich
Ирина Розанова
as Tanya
Евгений Весник
as otets Aleksandra
Юрий Кузнецов
as Stanislav Lapshin
Микола Гринько
as akademik Stanislav Sheshko
Аркадий Шалолашвили
as psikhiatr Mikhail Gorodkov
Андрей Толубеев
as matematik Nikolay
Илья Иванов
as arkhitektor Semyon Zapolskiy
