Aldar Kogaev

This is the story of an ordinary, at first glance, student who is a film fan and has lost the connection between reality and his fantasies. He likes to imagine himself as a movie hero (especially when he’s watching trailers!) and one day, while sitting with friends in the cinema, he gets the chance to prove himself and become a real hero, not just in his dreams!

On the verge of divorce, Max comes to his ex Irina's to pick up his son Dima for the autumn holidays, but then it turns out that the child has run away from home. The worried parents set off in search in the car of family psychologist/Irina's part-time boyfriend Vlad. Learning that Dima ran away to the village to Max's father, Bata, Max recalls, on the drive, how his parents, during their divorce, sent him to the village, about their life together, his first love and childhood friends.

Ural, a young entrepreneur, returns from the big city to his native Bashkir countryside with plans to build a factory. However, his plans fall apart when he encounters a mythical forest spirit. To save himself and his friends, Ural must undergo a mystical trial—one in which both the fate of his village and his own soul are at stake.