A film about the influence of art on people's morality. The problems of contemporary art are discussed by: literary critic, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences D.S.Likhachev, scientist in the field of mechanics and control processes, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences B.V. Raushenbakh, composer N.N.Karetnikov, actress A.S. Demidova (sinhr.). City of Leningrad: Engineering Castle, Kazan Cathedral, Palace Square, embankments and canals. Rostov Kremlin. Painting by the Dutch painter Jan van Eyck "Portrait of the Arnolfini Spouses", paintings by M. Chagall, S. Dali, P. Picasso, by Leonardo da Vinci - painting "Madonna Litta", fresco "Last Supper". The film uses c / t plans: fragments and soundtrack of the c / f "Stalker" (director A. Tarkovsky, 1979).