It's summer 1992, a month before the collapse of the Soviet empire.
Stealing a prized falcon to help fund their dream of moving to Paris, two HIV-positive Kazakh teenagers come of age as they embark on a journey of liberation.
A military scientist, Colonel Dautov, serves at the Barkhan training ground on Renaissance Island. In the Aral Sea, the ship "Lev Berg" with an ecological expedition on board falls into a disaster zone. Colonel Dautov rescues a pregnant woman from the expedition and shelters her in a cave. Meanwhile, local fishermen are suffering from the environmental situation in the Aral Sea.
