"A Mosow electrician (Vladimir Steklov) lives in a crowded apartment house where he suspects that the heating stoves are poisoning the tenants, but can't convince some clueless bureaucrats to do anything about it. He fantasizes about an elegant lady (Kristina Orbakaite) he barely knows, but finally gets around to inviting her to a near-disastrous night at the opera, which leads to his seeming death,"