The misanthrope Alexander Christoforov, nicknamed "Alec", is an hopeless loser. the actor, who was celebrated in Soviet era as the hero of "Eugene Onegin", is carving out a depressing existence as a bad paid figure of a ridicule historical show. Despised by his ex-wife, alienated from his son, Alec has ttotally screwed up his life. Bur when diagnosed with a mortal illness, he sets of on a ludicrous tour de force at the end of which a piece of eternity surprisingly awaits him... A comedy with a happy end.