Do not make yourself an idol ... Life is lived stupid and tasteless ... So says Ivan Voinitsky. At home he is called Uncle Vanya.

He devoted his life to Professor Serebryakov, his brother-in-law. His scientific works on art he admired. And now he admits that he was wrong. How bitter it is, how painful it is.

Such people, as Professor Serebryakov, Chekhov called "case people". He seems a great scientist, a unique specialist, an expert on art. But this is all a lie.

Serebryakov lives on money from the estate of his prematurely deceased wife.

About his daughter from his first wife Serebryakov little care. His attention is given to his young twenty-seven-year-old wife.

Small feelings, painful life, monotonous everyday life ...

For twenty-five years, Uncle Vanya sent his income to Serebryakov. And then I realized that he was helping an insignificant and selfish man.

Powerless uncle Vanya can not get out of the vicious circle, which he himself created. Even in love, he is explained to a married lady. If he tries to shoot, he misses the target.

Vynitsky lacks the determination to start a new life. He can only resent and suffer, be vexed and angry.

"When there is no real life, they live mirages."