The confrontation of two, in their own right, sides: the young chairman of the collective farm Dzhupbar, who dreams of rebuilding the village "in a new way", and the elders, who do not want to part with the long-standing plane tree, the beauty and pride of the village.
Based on Turkmen folk tales. Life in the world was bad for poor Alty-aga. He had no children, the wagon was thin, and the cauldron was empty. But after meeting the tiny boy Yartygulak, his life changed...
...Komsomol member Begench, who served in the army, and his fellow villager Vellek, whom they met in the city, return to the village. The kulaks, led by Kuiki and his son Cherkez, run everything in the village. They are turning people against the collective farm, sabotaging the sowing campaign. The...
Sahat, a schoolboy, spends his summer holidays with his grandfather in a mountain village. The boy learns pottery, helps to harvest crops, takes care of a small camel. Here Sahat gets his first work skills, lessons of caring for the surrounding nature.
The film covers the period from 1903 to the mid-1920s. In the center of the epic narrative is the story of the difficult love of the poor Berda and the daughter of the shepherd Uzuk, who will be freed and made happy by the revolution.
