In the 16th century, during the Kazakh Khanate, Kasym Khan was the fourth ruler, often viewed as the greatest leader to unite the Kazakh tribes.

Story of a small Kazakh community in the 1930s terrorized by a Red Army soldier whose task it is to force them to collectivize and to eliminate “kulaks.”

Four-year-old Kalima is staying with her aphasic grandmother while her mother is away. But when Granny suddenly dies, Kalima is left with a dead body, not realizing that her grandmother has passed on.