Maxim, once the most powerful man in the country, now recovers from the stroke and tries to return the power.

Maxim, the ruler from the shadows, the one where all political power came for advice and help, celebrates the restoration of his country's independence in the peak of his power during which everything can only get better. However, year later he is recovering from a stroke. He lives in his hotel on coast from which he does not leave. Drowned in his illness and insecurity, his power was extinguished. He tries to put together a picture of his life, but his days pass in fragments. His dominant old mother forces him to take on the role of protector of his young cousin Luke. Wanting to teach him the job and thus speed up his recovery from a stroke, Maxim tries to understand the new world from which he has been hiding. Control of the hotel's secret affairs, mysterious guests - all drag from the world he was in and hotel management - all this is a challenge that does not allow him to go to the same life. A young singer Anastasia appears, who seems to seduce all hotel guests by her very existence. It becomes a kind of obsession for Maxim and restores his will to live, but also his desire to prove that he has not lost his power and significance. In preparation for his 61st birthday, Maxim realises loneliness and after a long time takes a step further to get out of his fortress. The consequences of that night confront him with deeply buried traumas of rejection and humiliation. Wanting not to be alone, he crosses the border and becomes a murderer. However, the spirits of his past do not calm down.