Aleksey Agranovich

The plot centers on a couple: Lena is a talented obstetrician and gynecologist, and her husband Sergey is an actor in a provincial theater. Their relationship is tender and close, but totally devoid of sex. Lena suspects that Sergey is having an affair, but she suffers silently without letting her jealousy show. Instead of finding out what is going on, Lena starts cheating on him with random men. Slowly but surely, Lena's acts of infidelity spin out of control, basically re-writing her real life.

这一年是1984年，虚构的苏联单口相声演员鲍里斯·阿卡迪耶夫在名气、审查制度、克格勃的“庇护”以及他自身的不安全感的重压下，正在分崩离析。最后，这位喜剧演员以美国人特有的“侮辱式幽默”为武器，采取了报复行动。