A story of a Moscow's apartment building that is slowly falling apart, literally. First, the hot water has been cut off by an old man from Asia, who could not stand it being wasted. Then the roof is starting to collapse. Finally, the electricity has been cut off. All the tenants of the building, no matter how different they were, find themselves in the same situation.

A dying woman’s wish sends her son on a train journey from the steppes of Uzbekistan to the Russian hinterland in search of his father’s grave. Just as the traveler’s home city of Samarkand is situated on the border between East and West, Khamraev balances his film on the edge of two cultures, evoking the soul of Russia and the crumbling beauty of what was once the Silk Road.

To avoid severe punishment for desertion, a man hides in the mountains near his native village.

Longing to discover his father, a sad young boy dreams of becoming a fish and swimming to the great white ship he sees traversing Lake Issyk. Lost in his dreams, and buoyed by the pagan tales of his Central Asian grandfather, he feels a close communion with nature: so much so that when a hunter kills a stag, he too takes a final, liberating leap.

The film plays one of a little-known pages of the biography of Arkady Gaidar, the young man when he was appointed commander of the detachment CHON (special-purpose parts)...

Ulan follows a sailor whose marriage disintegrates and longs for his younger days on horseback

About the fight against poaching in the camel-breeding state farm. The young worker Daut returned with his family from the city to his native land. It was difficult at first in the steppe without water, gas, light. Suddenly, the local driver Askerbek came to the rescue, who got the engine to Daut. Now the yurt has become cozy and warm. But soon the newcomer realized that this service was not selfless...

The people around Tolen Mamytbekov, a driller in the geological team, didn’t think much of him — he was a disorganized man and fond of drinking. But everything in Tolen’s life changed when he met a modest, hardworking woman — the shepherdess Shaken.

At the center of the film is the character of Asan, a collective farm foreman. Asan is a principled man who makes many enemies among the lazy, drunkards, and dishonest people. As a result of these rumors, Asan is dismissed from his position, but this does not break him. He continues to act according to his conscience.