1968. At the Mosfilm studio, a young director Arkady Dikobrazov is shooting his first feature film. At the request of a colleague, he invites the colleague’s wife, an aspiring actress Varvara, for the main role. A woman of extraordinary beauty and talent, she soon becomes Arkady’s lover. But an irreparable tragedy happens—Varvara dies under mysterious circumstances. Arkady is on the verge of breaking down. He is ready to give up on filming the movie. But then, among the applicants for the role that Varvara never played, he meets a girl—like two drops of water similar to her…