Kuanysh Kudaibergen

Three reckless Kazakhstani men on a trip to America experience an emergency landing in Nigeria, which sets off series of misadventures that test their life ideals, leading to profound personal lessons.

Kazakhstan, January 2022. Protests are shaking the entire country. Five ordinary people become caught up in these events and face difficult life choices. Their stories come together, showing how one person’s drama turns into a national tragedy.

In the 16th century, during the Kazakh Khanate, Kasym Khan was the fourth ruler, often viewed as the greatest leader to unite the Kazakh tribes.

Armand, a spoiled son from a wealthy family, receives punishment in the form of public works for driving a car in a drunken state and destroying the yard of the sports complex.

1988. The young composer Turdykylish Iztaev is facing a creative crisis and is on the brink of depression. He has a family, children, and a job, but he has always dreamed of writing a song that will remain in history. His wife, Khanbibi Esenkarakzy, a well-known poetess, tries to support him and invites him to a May Day getaway in the mountains. However, this retreat becomes a trial for Khanbibi: Turdykylish falls in love with the young Nurikamal, who has come from Akmolinsk. Khanbibi watches the events unfold with jealousy and faces a difficult choice — to "gift" her husband the inspiration he seeks or to save their family.

Major Erbol commands the company. He is devoted to his work to the core, the best soldier. He is single, unmarried and lives only by work, military service is his vocation. Unexpectedly, Yerbol is fired and an ultimatum is put forward to Yerbol: he will be able to return to service only after he has worked at school as a teacher of NVP and a class teacher of the problematic 11 B.