Homeless man says “I didn’t lose, I quit”

A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.

A cynical actor, Lev, is fired from the theater where he has worked his entire life. In order to earn a living, he finds himself in a psychiatric hospital, pretending to be mentally ill. There, he commits a serious crime, and the question arises: who is he - a mentally ill person or a brilliant actor?