The court jester Ivan Balakirev is not afraid to speak out to the fearsome monarch about things that others remain silent about. Becoming involved in the festivities and jests encouraged by the ruler, he inadvertently gets entangled in court intrigues and the complex relationships within the family of Peter the Great.

A stage fantasy by Mark Zakharov based on the works of Aristophanes and Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.

The film is a satire on the clichés used in sports dramas. Tennisov, a top badminton player, loses in the World Championship final because he decided to use a previously unbeatable shot, the "Unbreakable Candle." Tennisov retires from the sport, but unexpectedly gets a second chance a year later. His former coach invites him to play doubles with the young player Dmitry Malikov at the World Championship.

The actors of the Umorsk theater are already over 30, and they face natural life questions about prospects and self-realization for their age. When the director of the theater opens a nightclub on the small stage of the theater, calling it the "cabaret theater," the quartet decides to change their lives. Watching through a hole in the wall of the dressing room, which is adjacent to the newly founded club, young people study the structure of the institution and discover a safe with illegal money from the club's turnover. They develop an ingenious plan to rob the director during the performance and hope that they will finally find happiness and a new meaning in life. But things don't always go according to plan, and the director and the actors will have to face a serious problem after a seemingly successful adventure.