The prison of a provincial town is preparing to receive the EU and UNESCO commissions, which are expected to monitor the conditions of incarceration of convicts and assess the state of the prison, the oldest stone building in Siberia. In order not to shame himself in front of the delegation, General Khobotov of Moscow decided to resort to a subterfuge - to send
real prisoners, of course under good escort, to travel around the country by train, and in their place to hire professional actors who, for a good fee, would play happy and satisfied prisoners. And everything was supposed to go well: a theater troupe, headed by the artistic director Egorov, had agreed to take on this work, but, as often happens, something went wrong.
