A man recounted an accident he had experienced. When he regained consciousness, he suddenly found himself in an ancient palace in St. Petersburg 1700 years ago. At the same time, no one around him could see him.
Here, he can travel through different centuries at will. A group of young soldiers appeared on the screen, in St. Petersburg in the 18th century, about to attend a dance. The narrator does not know why he came to Russia in the 18th century. Just as he was in confusion, he met another Frenchman who somehow came here. He was a diplomat who originally lived in France in the 19th century. As a result, the two “lost” walked together and roamed the palace together.
They saw Peter the Great reprimanding his subordinates, and Queen Catherine rushed to the toilet. After that, the two of them accidentally walked into the famous Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, during which they traversed 35 rooms and visited hundreds of famous paintings. Western oil paintings and sculptures witnessed the visit of Iranian envoys to the czar, and met Nicholas and the last supper of the czar’s family on the eve of the revolution, and ended their "journey" at the last grand waltz of the royal family in the late 1913s. Thus, a journey of civilization and history across time and space came to an end in the long and graceful music of the film.
Along the way, French diplomats were amazed by Russian music, paintings, and palace etiquette and collections. As their time travel gradually unfolded, the two constantly disputed over Russia’s historical and cultural issues. French diplomats upheld the traditional Western love and hatred of Russia, while modern filmmakers reflected on and questioned his views. The country’s past and present. The French diplomat is determined to stay "here", and the narrator "rides on the Russian Ark" in the boundless sea, and begins to wander forever. The whole journey spanned four centuries from the 18th century to the 21st century, as if to witness the prosperity and decline of the first socialist country on earth
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