Ilya, a St. Petersburg guide and translator, is used to hiding his feelings behind quotes and witticisms and opening his soul only to imaginary characters from the world of museums. Everything changes when, after his mother's death, he has to take care of his younger sisters. And now the introvert, accustomed to the bachelor life, will have to reconsider his relationship with the outside world, relive childhood resentments, fall in love and finally grow up.