In an old Soviet recording studio, an orchestra records a composition based on Pushkin’s play A Feast in Time of Plague. A mysterious phenomena intrudes—whether spirits of the past or echoes of impending catastrophe, it creeps unnoticed until the very end.

Pushkin's A Feast in Time of Plague depicts humanity's need for joy amid the stench of death through grand feasts held even in plague-ridden cities. The film centers on a studio recording music that captures the spirit of a 'dazzling feast at the gates of death.' It uses camera work that floats like a supernatural presence and dissonant melodies to convey this atmosphere. The camera lingers on a strange boy singing in a long corridor, reminiscent of a scene from The Shining, then drifts among musicians in the studio like the unseen plague that the feast's guests failed to notice. The untuned, discordant music intensifies invisible threats, leaving an ambiguous resonance. (Jin. Cho)