Poetic tale of love between of the hunter Gilgil and his beautiful wife Tintin, told through the Chukchi myth imagery.

Bek's men kidnap Farukh's fiancee. He goes on a quest, thus violating the warnings of the good Fairy. Farukh and his friend the Fool overcome all difficulties on the way to love, understanding the power of friendship, justice, good and evil.

The action takes place in the 1930s and 1940s in Chukotka. With the establishment of Soviet power, changes are coming to the camp. The main character — hunter Poygin — does not realize the significance of what is happening immediately. There is a series of events: a collision with a Black shaman who tried to take away a beloved woman from a hunter, a meeting with the head of the cultural base Medvedev, etc. Poygin observes the events that ultimately determine his life position. He becomes chairman of the first collective farm in Chukotka.

The chief engineer proposes to make changes to the design of the polar hydroelectric power station by abandoning the construction of the tunnel due to a collapse.

A group of people setting out to find a previously assumed land and upon reaching it, not knowing how to deal with the customs of the place, have to deal with all the consequences.