Pavel Chenyanov

In 2009, the stallion Speed ​​Star is brought to Yakutsk from Moscow to take part in the races. At this time, childhood friends Egor and Kolya are working in a small stable. Egor has just dropped out of school, lives right in the stable and finds solace in communicating with horses. His parents and brothers do not understand him, believing that he is doing a worthless job. Ambitious and ambitious Kolya believes that in racing everything depends on the speed and agility of the horse, not considering it necessary to find a common language with them. Egor, on the contrary, always communicates with horses and sees the beauty of nature in them.

Dyulus and Afonya are ordinary country guys who love rap and cool cars. During the day they work in the boiler room, in the evenings they record their album and every day they dream of a better life. Especially Afonya, nicknamed Appos, who dreams of dumping into the city, believing that real life is passing by. His comrade Dyulus, nicknamed Trupak, on the contrary, is not eager to leave his native village. But one day, Dyulus receives a letter that radically changes his life and makes him leave for the city, towards fate...

Three friends - Baaska, Sashok and Petka - gather in an old village club and learn that their childhood friend Vadim, who came from abroad, did not invite them to his wedding. Trying to cope with the bitterness of lost friendships, they immerse themselves in memories and fantasies about a better life.

1917, Yakutia. 9-year-old Mikita is growing up beyond his years, as he, along with adults, learns the difficult life of a Yakut cattle breeder, where every day is a struggle for survival. New challenges await the boy, as the events of the revolutionary, rebellious time violently invade the traditional way of his family, violating the values and way of life that have been established for centuries.

The arthouse project is based on the famous play of the same name by William Shakespeare. According to the plot, the family sends the main character to a boarding house, where the main actions of the semi-documentary experiment of the eminent director will unfold. The filming, by the way, took place in a real boarding house for the elderly and people with disabilities. The roles were performed by residents of this institution.

The story about 40-year-old Vasily, who has been trying to find for more than 20 years happiness in the city. When coming back home to the village, he understands that his already nobody waits and nobody wants it already.

Every year the Sakha people celebrate the festival of summer - Ysekh. This ethnic holiday celebrates the Aiyy deities and the revival of nature; it embraces ritual prayers, plenty of rich food and koumiss, dancing, folk games, and horse races. Jehegey Aiyy is a serene deity worshiped by people. Jehegey gave horses to humans, and now is the heavenly patron of horse raising. In the majority of recorded songs and legends Jehegey is a male creature, but in some of them it has feminine gender and is called sylgy aiyhyta. According to legends it sometimes appears to people as a loudly neighing light-colored stallion.