러시아 연방 보안국 소속 요원인 이고르는 북 카프카스에서 극악한 테러범 샤밀 일당에게 붙잡혔다가 병사 한 명의 목숨과 맞바꿔 간신히 탈출한다. 2년 후, 트라우마에 빠져 있는 이고르에게 전 동료 라빌이 찾아와 테러 제거 작전에 함께할 것을 제안한다. 망설이던 이고르는 악순환의 고리를 끊기 위해 다시 카프카스로 향하는데…
As the mass deportations of the Chechen and Ingush peoples begin in 1944, young Daud and Seda escape to the mountains. When they get back to their native village, however, they witness a horrifying war crime.
In the mountains of Dagestan in the Russian Civil War era, some good and bad people are looking for a hidden treasure. The only problem is that the instructions on where to find it are encrypted in one handwritten copy of Quran, which ends up in the wrong hands.
In a deserted tundra on the lake, a seaplane makes an emergency landing, on board of which bank collectors carry a large amount of money. A storm begins and the plane relates to the river delta. An unknown person steals money from an airplane and kills a geologist, an accidental witness. And a few days later the ship departs from the northern port for the last navigation voyage, where a recidivist hides among the motley company of passengers, and the captain begins his own investigation...
