1911. The young poet Anna Akhmatova and her young husband Nikolay Gumilyov spend their honey¬moon in Paris. Here Anna meets the totally unknown painter Modigliani.
1965. The aged Akhmatova comes to the city of her youth. She is now an acknowledged poet, nominated for the Nobel Prize. A call from the blac¬kmailer brings back the events of 54 years before. The menacing voice threatens to publish Modigliani's sketches, compromising Akhmatova. She was sure the sketches had been destroyed by Gumilyov half a century ago. Akhmatova decides to carry out her own investigation and find the blackmailer...