Sailor Andrew, going on vacation, witnesses the fraud of young people extorting money at train stations. He is attracted by the heroine of the "scam" - Svetlana. Andrew sympathizes with the girl, trying to help her break out of the vicious circle ... But it turns out that this is just a specially directed action, invented by an avant-garde director to revive "dying" theatrical forms. However, life turned out to be more inventive than any theater. No one could even guess how this "performance" would end...