The film consists of three short stories: "The Runaway Car," "Apollo's Skeleton," and "Night Show."

To help the starving peasants of 1918 Turkestan, the Soviet government sends a caravan with bread from Tashkent. This path is dangerous - gangs of Basmachi and White Cossacks are rampant here. The detachment commander, after a series of exhausting battles, decides to distract the gangs - and sets off on the wrong path a “false caravan” led by Commissioner Archman...

A love story with a tragic ending set in 19th century Turkmenistan

A young boy is taken from his cozy existence in the city to live with his grandfather in the wild countryside of Central Asia.