Umid Khamdamov

An honest craftsman sacrifices years of savings meant for Hajj with his wife to help his late friend’s homeless family. His selfless act leads to envy, false accusations, and tests his faith and integrity.

The film features several important aspects of changing the human's nature: behind the prison walls, in society and in the family.

This film focuses on Zulfiya, a teenage girl who lives with her grandmother in a small Uzbek village while her mother works in a city. It explores Zulfiya's life as she wants to move to the city to stay with her mother.

A dying woman’s wish sends her son on a train journey from the steppes of Uzbekistan to the Russian hinterland in search of his father’s grave. Just as the traveler’s home city of Samarkand is situated on the border between East and West, Khamraev balances his film on the edge of two cultures, evoking the soul of Russia and the crumbling beauty of what was once the Silk Road.