Oleg is a high school student who, together with his friends, engages in petty theft. Olga is the daughter of a military man who controls her every move.

After a conflict with a young director, actor Yuri leaves the theater, taking the buffoon's costume of his hero from the play King Lear. The stage character becomes part of the play of Yuri's real life. A drunken mother, a great actress in the past; wife, with a chill in a relationship; and the passengers of his taxi take part in this action.