Ermek Sinbolatov

A woman, exhausted by the question "When will you have a baby?", finally manages to get pregnant after four years of marriage, and the whole family eagerly awaits the long-awaited child. However, it soon turns out that there was a mistake, and she is still not pregnant.

Darkhan, a young scientist, returns home, where he has not been for seven years. His girlfriend Elena comes with him. The eldest member of the family - Darkhan's grandfather Sagat - invites his grandson and his girlfriend on a trip to their native places, lost in the infinity of the steppe. All three embark on a transformative meditative journey, confronting questions of acceptance along the way, exploring and testing the strength of their bonds.

The father of the family, Nursultan Kopzhasarovich, respected in society, owns the entire farm in the village, so his only son Bolat grows up careless and spoiled, which more than once leads to problems and even criminal liability. At another drinking party, Bolat rapes a local school graduate. The father wanted to hush up the matter again, but the girl’s parents had already filed a statement with the police. The only way out of this situation is a wedding, but the life of the family turns into a real nightmare.

The young rich kid, Chyna, got carried away with his glamorous lifestyle and decided that he could do anything he wanted. Desperate to set his son straight, his oligarch father takes extreme measures. Together with an eccentric psychologist, he devises a unique project: somewhere in the steppe, they recreate the atmosphere of a 19th-century Kazakh village. Chyna ends up in this village, believing he has traveled back in time.

Shalkar, a former Major Crimes investigator, has long been retired and is trying to forget himself with alcohol. Shalkar's routine is disrupted by a police officer who asks for help with the investigation. A maniac has appeared in the city, whose M.O. is similar to the killer Shalkar caught in the 1990s.