The Queen of Spades

The Russian opera diva Sofia Mayer returns to Russia after many years of international career and intends to produce Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades that was her debut. She meets her nephew Lisa and invites her to perform Lisa in the opera. Lisa's boyfriend Andrey is obsessed by the character Herman from the opera and has a magnificent voice. However, he is not selected to any role. Andrey is invited to have dinner with Lisa, Sofia and her old friend Oleg at his home where Sofia is lodged, and then they leave Andrey to go somewhere. Andrey follows them and finds that they go to Oleg's hidden casino. Further, he learns that Sofia is a cynical woman, alcoholic and gambler, who lost her fortune in her addiction. On the next day, Andrey returns to the casino to gamble all his savings in the game Faro, like Herman in the opera, and wins. When the performer of Herman, Golovin, has a throat infection, Sofia finds a way to dismiss him and brings Andrey to the opera to the role of Herman. Soon he becomes Sofia's lover and his obsession for Herman drives him to follow the same fate and tragic end of the character.