Director Kostya Alexeyev is young, full of ambition and grandiose plans. He used to dream of making art-house films, but due to unemployment he was forced to stoop to shooting TV series. Kostya is convinced that his first truly professional work, "Days and Nights," will be a masterpiece. To achieve this, he spares neither money, nor time, nor strength. But from the first day of shooting it becomes clear that things are not going well: the camera cannot find the right angle, the makeup artists work haphazardly, the producer complains that the budget is exceeded, and the famous actor Avcharov refuses to come to the set...