Mārtiņš Kvēps

The film takes place in the early 50s in a small Siberian village where the paths and destinies of exiled Latvians, Kalmyks, and Russians crossed. The Kalmyk boy Ligi lives with his grandfather, who goes to the taiga, collects herbs, treats fellow villagers. One day Grandfather was arrested on false charges of murder and arson of the farm.

Imants and Linda buy a country house from an elderly woman, unaware that the property comes with a young boy, Albīns, who has been left in her care. When the former owner suddenly dies, the couple find themselves drawn into a difficult question about the boy’s future. As they learn the truth about his absent parents and the reasons he was abandoned, Imants and Linda grow deeply attached to Albīns.