Vasily Sleptsov

Kesha, twenty-seven, comes back home to find his father and younger brother, Tima, waiting for him. He dreams of work, saving money, and planning his future. Tima, seventeen, hopes to go to college and excels in school. Everything seems to go according to plan — until Kesha is wronged by local prospectors. Stripped of his job and prospects, he decides to steal gold and go on the run, dragging his younger brother along. The story explores loyalty, desperation, and the dark pull of revenge.

She is a healer. A hermit. A Fool-in-God. She is a little over forty years old. She doesn’t disdain alcohol. She can be ridiculous, humiliated, offended. She has long been indifferent about herself. Everybody avoids her and is afraid of her, but secretly at night they all hurry to her home. After all, only she can get rid of their illnesses. For her, this is a damnation, and each time she swears that she won’t help people any more, but each time she is unable to refuse them. She knows that her gift will ruin her some time, but she continues to be the only chance of salvation for people.

There is no escape from the war... 1942. While all the forces of the country are thrown into the fight against fascist Germany, in the southern part of Yakutia there are gangs robbing gold mines. The largest of them is the elusive and brutal Popov gang, which collects stolen gold to organize a military coup in the Far East. In their footsteps, a small detachment of the NKVD under the leadership of Senior Lieutenant Karasev is sent through the snow-covered endless taiga.

An ordinary quarrel between teenagers spills over into a parent chat and leads to a serious conflict. At this time, in the hospital, the girl asks for an urgent operation, but the doctor, in fear of breaking the law, does not dare to perform it until midnight, when the girl becomes an adult. Somewhere in one of the apartments a frank story unfolds about a man who, secretly from his wife, begins to flirt with a seductive neighbor. In a neighboring house, a young guy borrows a lot of money from a businessman to play on the difference in exchange rates, but on this particular day the dollar exchange rate goes crazy. And the crazy old man, meanwhile, goes to another city to meet with the killer of his son, so that he will answer for everything. All of them are faced with the question of choosing and making difficult decisions on which their lives depend.

The film "Uryankhaitsy" is a film almanac consisting of three short stories and tells the modern stories of the peoples of Altai, Tuva, Khakassia, and Yakutia. The film was shot in the Republics of Altai, Tuva, Khakassia, and Yakutia. Among the film's main themes are winter and family. How the harsh and monumental winters of Tuva, Yakutia, and Altai strengthen their people. The short stories tell family stories and bear the symbolic titles "Ada" (Father), "Ene" (Mother), and "Kyys" (Daughter). They remind us of our roots and teach us to see simple human stories as reflections of a greater shared destiny.