After getting expelled from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts for his free-thinking ideas, young artist Kosta Khetagurov returns to his homeland of Iriston, known in Russian as Ossetia. Despite financial troubles and governmental persecution, he tirelessly advocates for the Ossetian people while honing his craft as a poet, playwright, and artist.
In early 20th century, a young Ossetian man kills a captain while defending a poor shepherd. After going into hiding, he meets a beautiful woman, and they fall in love at first sight. Learning that her hand is promised to another, the young man decides to abduct her.
A wistful, whimsical look at life in a mountainous Ossetian village through the eyes of a boy who lost his father in WWII.
