The film covers a period from 1984 to 1991 and tells about the rise of new independent states, including Kazakhstan. In addition, it features the role of the first President of Kazakhstan in the reforms carried out in the country, as well as the initiatives, which today have turned into global scale projects.
Dilly-Dilly
Old Man
This is a survival story - a Hemingway's 'Old Man and the Sea' as if written for our days.
Rustam
El joven kazako Iskander Orynbekov se dedica a lo que muchos de sus conterráneos, chatarra caída del espacio. Los habitantes de Kazajstán que viven muy cerca del cosmódromo Baikonur han sabido sacarle provecho a los restos de las naves y satélites que caen a la tierra cuando éstos son enviados al espacio, pero Iskander, a diferencia de ellos, utiliza un método sofisticado que le da ventaja: a través de la radio espía las conversaciones que tienen lugar en la plataforma de lanzamiento, de manera que conoce con exactitud el punto donde caerán los restos de metal.
Kairat
A Jewish child deported to Kazakhstan is saved and adopted by Kasym, an old Kazakh railway-man. Kasym gives him a Kazakh name, Sabyr, that in Kazakh language means humble. The child grows up in the small Kazakh village along with other deportees Vera, a traitor's wife, and Ezhik a Polish doctor. The Soviet militia harasses the poor peasants and Vera suffered the harassment of a bully cop: Bulgabi. Finally Vera accepts the marriage proposal of Ezhik but the jealous Bulgabi tries to prevent the marriage. The result is a fight in which Ezhik shoots himself accidentally. The old Kasym decides that Sabyr is now old enough to go to seek his real parents. At the end Sabyr, now an adult, decides to return to the village, but the village no longer exists because it was destroyed by a Soviet nuclear test.
