This is a movie about Alexander Kaidanovsky, actor, screenwriter, director and friend of Andrei Tarkovsky. About an outstanding, mysterious artist, who was never fully appreciated during his lifetime, as is often the case in Russia. It is a homage and an attempt to understand this man. Nikita Mikhalkov, Krzystof Zanussi, Otar Iosseliani, Ildiko Enyedy are among the friends and colleagues who remember Kaidanovsky.