Having lived in Moscow for many years, successful political consultant Aldar returns to his home in Kalmykia to search for his mother who disappeared in the Steppe. He finds her with the help of the local shaman, and together they make the journey that they didn’t have time to take when she was still alive.
In her fifties, jobless and lonely, Rosa has lost her self-esteem. Her life takes a new turn when she decides to give a ball to her young neighbour, who keeps losing his. To thank her, his parents invite her over unexpectedly and proudly announce that their child has just appeared in a TV advert.
Single, unemployed and with nothing to lose, Anton accepts an offer to start working in an illegal coal mine. When his colleague is buried underground in an accident, Anton finds a replacement in the face of Hristo, 28, a young local Roma. The two men quickly bond, until the mob boss Tzetzo finds out that they've been hiding things from him. And in this town, some secrets better remain buried.
