A musician spends New Year's Day trying to help his friend pay the rent.
The highway of the title is a 2,000 mile dirt road in Kazakhstan. Along this route, a traveling family circus journeys in their crowded hand-cranked bus, stopping in villages. The filmmaker accompanies the Tadjibajevs, capturing their quarrels, performances, and intimate moments.
Documentary about the making of French director Claude Chabrol's first film Le Beau Serge in 1958.
