This is a metaphorical story about the tragic and mysterious death of the most powerful poet of 1960s, human rights activist, hero of Ukraine Vasyl Stus and his struggle with the Soviet system. The events of the film unfold during the last attempt by the KGB to seduce the poet with a whimsical "freedom".

Dmytro Yaroshenko
as Vasyl Stus

Diana Rozovlian
as Valentyna Popeliukh

Evgeniya Gladiy
as Vira

Vitalii Salii
as Kuznietsov

Oleg Maslennikov
as Zhuravlov

Karyna Shereverova
as Alla Horska

Vladyslav Mamchur
as Leonid Borodin

Akhmed Esmurziev
as Armen

Oleksandr Valiuk
as Warden 1

Volodymyr Hladkyi
as Warden 2