Contemporary Moscow. Svyatoslav, a poor boy, falls in love with Asya, a rich girl, and wants to marry her. To support her in the manner in which she is accustomed,…

The misanthrope Aleksandr Khristoforov, nicknamed “Alec”, is a hopeless loser. The actor, who was celebrated in the Soviet era as the hero of “Eugene Onegin”, is carving out a depressing…