Viktor Rostovtsev

A woman who cleans toilets has dreams of meeting a lover and finding happiness.Will these dreams, in the winter of a USSR in its last years, come true?

An unknown writer, Paul Dubois, wins the prestigious Prix Goncourt for his novel. However, the author does not attend the award ceremony, and it is soon revealed that the murder described in the novel is real. Reporter José Roben conducts his own investigation and identifies the author and the murderer.