Sovershenno sluchayno i iz lyubopytstva nauchnogo i chelovecheskogo student-psikholog vtyagivaetsya v rassledovanie prestupleniya, sovershennogo mnogo let nazad, i prestupleniya, sovershaemogo seychas. Zhertvami prestupleniya okazyvayutsya talantlivyy khudozhnik, a zatem i ego otets. No blagodarya usiliyam druga khudozhnika i rassledovaniyu, provodimogo studentom, vse zakanchivaetsya blagopoluchno.