In the life of actor Ilgar Salimov, suddenly everything went awry. He was left without work, without money, without decent housing. And when the actor was completely desperate, the famous show business producer Palekhov approached him with an offer. For ten thousand dollars, the actor had to play one single short scene: throw himself under the wheels of another producer’s car - Kheifits, Palekhov’s worst enemy and competitor, and thereby cause a terrible scandal. The actor agreed, but told Kheifitz about Palekhov’s plans. He came up with a counter move and, in turn, paid Ilgar to play on his side... Each of the producers was sure that Ilgar was a pawn in his hands, and they did not even suspect that the actor had been playing his own game for a long time and was playing his role brilliantly …