The 80s in Moscow. During the Moscow International Film Festival, KGB agents organise a provocation. Translator and KGB agent Valia Kachkina not only has to seduce film star Richard Dirk, but also take with her a ring of Ivan the Terrible, stolen from a Russian museum. The love of young officer Grouchnitski for Princess Mary Ligovskoï provokes the jealousy of Petchorine, another officer sent from the capital to the Caucasus as punishment for a duel. Bored by life in the provinces, Pechorin himself decides to seduce the young woman. Handsome, brilliant and daring, he has no trouble attracting Mary's attention and easily achieves his goal. But the story that begins as a carefree game turns tragic