Avtandil Mikadze

The film's protagonist, a young journalist, returns to the village where he spent his childhood years years later. The village is almost deserted, and the last inhabitants are thinking about leaving for the bar. Gogi begins a fight to preserve the once populous and prosperous village.

Second World War. The fascists attack Svaneti. Old Betkili, whose son was killed in the war, lives far from the village. The old man comes across a Soviet soldier, Lasha, and shelters him in the mountains, but soon finds the soldier’s behavior suspicious.