Actress from the Soviet era Agniya Orlova invites a journalist from a federal channel, Beata Iofe, to work with her personal archive and promises to pay her a rather respectable sum for this not-so-difficult job. Despite the approaching New Year and a trip to faraway Karelia, Beata rashly agrees, not realizing that the great actress is preparing a performance in which even for a journalist there’s a role.
Will Beata manage to rewrite the terrible script and guess all the characters of the play? Unclear. One thing is certain: the magical waters of Ladoga reveal their light only to the winner.