A young family with a baby is visiting elderly parents living in a remote northern village. Suddenly, their child becomes sick with dysentery. There is no necessary medicine in the village, the telephone line was cut off, and the roads were washed out due to the spring flood. The young father Vanya decides to get to the regional center on his own in order to call a Sunrise to the village. But the road ahead is long and dangerous.
Two friends escape from the village to the city in search of a better life. However, finding your place in the city is not as easy as it seemed at first. After making several unsuccessful attempts to earn money and spending the last money on entertainment, the heroes begin to engage in petty crime, not realizing what this can lead to.
The story takes place in Tundra. The local camp is preparing for a wedding, if it can be called a wedding in Nenets traditions. There are no guests, no closest or distant relatives, no feast, no songs, no smiles. The bride arrives to the groom’s camp without any attributes of a celebration. Young Alyoshka marries because his mother insists – the chum should not go vacant, the family should not die out. His heart though longs for Ilne, the daughter of old Petko. Ten years ago Ilne left the camp for the mainland. Every day Alyoshka checks the road hopelessly waiting for his love to return.
Três amigos de infância. Três irmãos juramentados. Um deles foi iniciado no sacramento e cresceu para ser um grande xamã. Os outros dois seguiram o caminho da guerra e da nação e foram reconhecidos como líderes. Mas só um deles poderia se tornar o governante da terra. Ele foi escolhido e se tornou soberano com o nome de uma antiga divindade, Genghis Khan. Estabeleceu-se, então a nação mongol. Como grande líder militar, Genghis Khan conquistou boa parte do mundo e até hoje é considerado o maior conquistador de todos os tempos.
