The Painting

A young artist Ivan is preparing a work for an exhibition on the preservation of values His work causes a public outcry it attracts the attention of religious activists of the Gods punishment organization officials and journalists As a result the painting is removed from the exhibition and the activists first attack and then set fire to the artists studio The painting is saved but Ivan faces a criminal case so together with the curator of the exhibition he goes to the Pen Paper Bar Association to find protection and get advice on what to do next in this situation Lawyers are preparing a defense strategy and a bewildered artist who by chance found himself in the epicenter of an absurd religious and cultural conflict confronts musician Sergei Shnurov at the door of the college Who seems to need help too