This historic drama is set in an Ossetian village in the 17th century. The film’s main hero is Chermen. An illegitimate son, Chermen is striving to assert his dignity. He is opposed by Dacco, the elder of the Aldar clan, in whose village Chermen lives. Guided by mercenary motives, Dacco strikes a...
The great Ossetian poet, Kosta Khetagurov, returns from exile to his native village of Nar. Yet the joy of coming back to his homeland is short-lived: Naro is even poorer than it was before. The Aldars, princes who rule the villages with an iron fist, continue to act with impunity.
During the holidays, Aslan meets an old geologist Petrovich, who lived and worked in these places before the war. Here he left a bag with the only photo of his family, who died during the war. Aslan helps Petrovich find the people who have been carefully storing the bag with the photo all this time.
