Maksim Korshunov, a scandalous photographer and the only son of a Russian oligarch, spends his life studying pleasure. To Korshunov, the body is the only instrument by which eternity is measured. Sex is the only state close to immortality. Maksim denies shame, because only outside it you can experience all shades of pleasure. For Arina Krylova, the body is a vessel for the soul. Sex is the highest point of love. Shame is a category of morality that protects the girl—a provincial student barely making ends meet—from debauchery, vulgarity, and base deeds.
There is nothing in common between Maksim and Arina. They come from different worlds, but the feeling that flares between them sweeps away the differences and robs them of the ability to make the right decisions.