The valiant Soviet police are fighting counter-revolutionary banditry, helping the Caucasian poor to follow the difficult road to a bright socialist future.

Academic work of 3rd courses of training of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (Alexander Sokurov's workshop).

In an attempt to get away from his work problems at the circus, Makhmut travels to the North Caucasus to visit his relatives. Little does he know that his sister has her own set of problems, albeit in the matters of the heart.

Screen adaption of Alim Keshokov's novel of the same name. The film takes place before and during the civil war.