1929 年，苏联。飞行员因诺肯蒂·普拉托诺夫 （Innokenty Platonov） 是飞机设计师茹科夫斯基 （Zhukovsky） 的学生，在没有证据的情况下被指控谋杀线人扎雷茨基。普拉东诺夫最终来到了索洛维茨基集中营，在那里他无意中成为了人体冷冻实验的参与者。将近一个世纪后的 2025 年，杰出科学家康斯坦丁·盖格 （Konstantin Geiger） 在圣彼得堡附近的一个私人实验室中解冻了他。奇迹般地活下来的普拉东诺夫正试图恢复正常生活，但在这条道路上等待着他的巨大困难。

Volodya, who lives with his mother in the apartment on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, gets a pre-revolutionary book on magic rituals of Africa. Reading it, Vladimir realizes that he became an owner the supernatural gift – he can kill people by his own will.

A young night watchman at the Anton Chekhov museum in Yalta encounters a mysterious, weary intruder who appears to be the playwright himself, returned from the dead. Over the course of a single night, the two share a series of quiet, existential interactions within the preserved rooms of the estate.