Sergei consults the psychoanalyst Briusov who, at each session, encourages him to divorce. "Family is not important! The important thing is what you want!" According to Briusov, the wife stifles his own "ME" within him. For her part, Lenotchka, Sergei's wife, goes to confess to a priest, Father Serge. The prelate, unlike the psychoanalyst, tells Lenotchka the duty to preserve his family, at all costs. "Family is the most important! Everything for the family!" This opposition between the psychoanalyst and the priest has already lasted for more than a year. Who will prevail?
