A young night watchman at the Anton Chekhov museum in Yalta encounters a mysterious, weary intruder who appears to be the playwright himself, returned from the dead. Over the course of a single night, the two share a series of quiet, existential interactions within the preserved rooms of the estate.

A man tries to come to terms with his father's death and to deal with the mundane details of his burial in a society cut off from spirituality.