The film narrates a tormented love story between one of the most famous poets of Serbian literature, Laza Kostic, renowned for his sublime poetic puns and word coining and an enchanting young girl by the name of Lenka Dundjerski, an educated and refined daughter of a landowner Lazar Dundjerski. Standing in the way of their love is the insurmountable age gap between the two, as Kostic is 29 years older than his beloved one. The affair inspired one of the most sophisticated and tender love poems of the time, an utmost expression of yearning, in which the poet's unflinching devotion is linked to his admiration for a Venice basilisk by the name of Santa Maria della Salute.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Vojin ĆetkovićLaza Kostić | Laza Kostić |
 Tamara AleksićLenka Dunđerski | Lenka Dunđerski |
 Aleksandar ĐuricaLazar Dunđerski | Lazar Dunđerski |
 Danijela 'Nela' MihailovićSofija Dunđerski | Sofija Dunđerski |
 Nebojša IlićDr. Milan Savić | Dr. Milan Savić |
| MMilica GrujičićJulijana Palanački | Julijana Palanački |
 Sloboda MićalovićOlga Dunđerski | Olga Dunđerski |
 Aleksandar BerčekArhimandrit Gavrilo | Arhimandrit Gavrilo |
 Svetlana 'Ceca' BojkovićAna Palanački | Ana Palanački |
 Ljubomir BulajićĐorđe Dunđerski | Đorđe Dunđerski |
 Vaja DujovićBranka Nikolić | Branka Nikolić |
 Nebojša DugalićSimo Matavulj | Simo Matavulj |
 Dejan LutkićRadivoj Simonović | Radivoj Simonović |
| IIvan ĐorđevićGedeon Dunđerski | Gedeon Dunđerski |
| MMaja ŠipovacVida Varađanin | Vida Varađanin |