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.

Maksim, nekada najmoćniji čovjek u državi, oporavlja se od moždanog udara i pokušava da povrati moć.

Maksim, vladar iz sjene, onaj gdje je sva politička moć dolazila po savjet i pomoć, slavi obnovu nezavisnosti svoje zemlje na vrhuncu svoje moći tokom koje sve može biti samo bolje. Međutim, godinu dana kasnije on se oporavlja od moždanog udara. Živi u svom hotelu na obali iz kojeg ne odlazi. Udavljen u svojoj bolesti i nesigurnosti, njegova moć je ugašena. On pokušava da sastavi sliku svog života, ali njegovi dani prolaze u fragmentima. Njegova dominantna stara majka prisiljavava ga da preuzme ulogu zaštitnika svog mladog rođaka Luke. Želeći da ga nauči poslu i na taj način ubrza njegov oporavak od moždanog udara, Maksim pokušava da shvati novi svijet od kojeg se skrivao. Kontrola tajnih poslova hotela, misteriozni gosti - svi vuku iz svijeta u kojem je bio i hotelski menadžment - sve je to izazov koji mu ne dozvoljava da ode u isti život. Pojavljuje se mlada pjevačica Anastasija, koja kao da zavodi sve goste hotela samim svojim postojanjem. To postaje neka vrsta opsesije za Maksima i vraća mu volju za životom, ali i želju da dokaže da nije izgubio svoju moć i značaj. Pripremajući se za svoj 61. rođendan, Maksim shvata usamljenost i nakon dugo vremena napravi korak dalje kako bi izašao iz svoje tvrđave. Posljedice te noći suočavaju ga sa duboko zakopanih traumama odbacivanja i poniženja. Želeći da ne bude sam, on prelazi granicu i postaje ubica. Međutim, duhovi njegove prošlosti se ne smiruju.