Shadows of the Southern Night

Writer Manya Polivanova becomes an involuntary witness to a murder on a TV show. Escaping from a creative crisis, she arrives in sunny Pyatigorsk, but instead of rest, she faces a convoluted investigation leading into the past of the deceased chef. Unexpectedly, on the veranda of Lermontov's cottage, a portal to another time opens for her. There, in the nineteenth century, Manya lives another life, full of passionate love for the young poet Michel and desperate attempts to save him from a fatal duel...