When the Soviets impose new ways of collective farming and permanent settlements on a region of nomadic dwellers, young Ilyas is separated from his mother, Mariam. Through decades of war, mother and son persevere in their efforts to be reunited.
Aruzhan Dzhazilbekova
Berik Aitzhanov
Adil Akhmetov
Bolat Abdilmanov
Andrey Dushechkin
Azamat Satybaldy