The film takes place in the early 50s in a small Siberian village where the paths and destinies of exiled Latvians, Kalmyks, and Russians crossed. The Kalmyk boy Ligi lives with his grandfather, who goes to the taiga, collects herbs, treats fellow villagers. One day Grandfather was arrested on false charges of murder and arson of the farm.
In the vast expanses of Kalmyk, love is born between the young factory worker Naran, who came for sakman (cattle time), and the shepherd’s granddaughter Amulanga.
About the post-war years in a small town in the Urals, where fate brought the Kalmyk boy Jirgalu. He will soon have to face the hatred of war-bitten locals. Hungry times force the boy to look for money for food, not disdaining theft. But a friend appears, nicknamed Bee. Possessing the talent of a painter, Bee opens the world of beauty to her friend. But an early death cut short his existence on earth, leaving a permanent mark in Jirgala’s memory.
