Two huge plastic elephants are being pulled down from the top of the great arena of the State Circus of Bucharest. Change has finally become unavoidable for the circus built by the communist regime in 1961. Wild animal shows are forbidden and Adi and his partner in training, Mioara, now have to see them off to the Zoo and are left without their job. To avoid crisis, the circus director calls in Adrian, a progressive show man from Las Vegas, who has been working for the famous Cirque du Soleil.

A film about contemporary Belarus, freedom and art. A mysterious artist appears on the streets of Minsk and starts to paint. Passers-by, intrigued, want to know what he is creating, but the artist will not reveal his secret. Step by step, the viewers learn more about him. His name is Zahar Cudin and he is one of the most promising Belorussian painters.