Based on the work of Mykola Khvylovy "The Tale of the Sanatorium Zone". About political repressions in 1920s in Ukraine, the disappointment of revolutionary intellectuals in Communist ideals.
Ukraine. The end of the XV century. All gunpowder made in factories suddenly disappears. The company of cossacks led by Maksym Trytuz comes together to find one of the transports that carries gunpowder to the Zaporozhian Sich.
Ivan is a simple, good-hearted man who wakes up in his apartment and notices a mare named Kasia just outside his window. Being a kind soul, he keeps her and takes her around the city. What is that mare capable of, and where do you find a shelter for her? Kasia becomes a problem for Ivan and the...