Mikhail Lazarev

She is a healer. A hermit. A Fool-in-God. She is a little over forty years old. She doesn’t disdain alcohol. She can be ridiculous, humiliated, offended. She has long been indifferent about herself. Everybody avoids her and is afraid of her, but secretly at night they all hurry to her home. After all, only she can get rid of their illnesses. For her, this is a damnation, and each time she swears that she won’t help people any more, but each time she is unable to refuse them. She knows that her gift will ruin her some time, but she continues to be the only chance of salvation for people.

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Two Yakutian fathers who lost their sons become locked in a tormenting cycle of revenge against a pristine snowy landscape.

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The film shows a few days from the life of a simple young, rural boy who has life difficulties: can't find a job and pay off his mortgage, but still with a good heart – helps a lonely, sick grandmother chop wood, light the stove and buy food.

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