Indira Sabirova

Late 1970s. Dinmukhamed Kunaev brings together seven Kazakhs — criminals and homeless youths — and entrusts them with a secret mission against the Soviet regime. Their goal is to stop nuclear weapons testing at the Semipalatinsk Test Site, which threatens humanity.

Kazakhstan, January 2022. Protests are shaking the entire country. Five ordinary people become caught up in these events and face difficult life choices. Their stories come together, showing how one person’s drama turns into a national tragedy.

Galiya, whose personal life did not work out, spent several years in South Korea, from where she regularly sent money to Kazakhstan to build her own house. When she returns to her native village for the housewarming, the woman reunites with her two brothers, sister, brother-in-law, and other relatives, who by that time have already grown accustomed to living in the new house and have no intention of leaving it. Even her unfaithful ex-husband shows up, trying by all means to win Galiya’s forgiveness. Because of the valuable property, disputes arise among family members, jealousy flares up, and old grievances resurface.

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Darkhan was once a shining star on the music scene. However, years have passed, and now his life seems calm and steady. He is now a successful radio show host, enjoying his bachelor lifestyle without any unnecessary worries. Everything changes when a woman with a young child bursts into his world, claiming that she is his daughter and that her son is his grandson.

Major Erbol commands the company. He is devoted to his work to the core, the best soldier. He is single, unmarried and lives only by work, military service is his vocation. Unexpectedly, Yerbol is fired and an ultimatum is put forward to Yerbol: he will be able to return to service only after he has worked at school as a teacher of NVP and a class teacher of the problematic 11 B.