Alexey Korsukov

19-year-old Egor Chudinov goes in search of his parents, who disappeared during an ethnographic expedition to the Perm Region. Together with his uncle Nikolai and two random fellow travelers — students of philology Tanya and Nadia - Egor moves deeper into the territory, which lives according to its own laws and traditions. There is a gloomy nature here, hermits live in forest dugouts, diseases are treated by sorcerers, and the cause of troubles is considered to be damage caused by witches, and somewhere among the dense forests a bear shaman wanders. At first, Egor is skeptical about the stories about ancient creatures of Komi-Permian mythology, but gradually realizes that the world is much wider than his ideas.

Aspiring director Nikita receives a fatal diagnosis. He has very little time left to live, so he invites three of his classmates on a challenging journey he had planned ten years earlier. This adventure, intended as a nostalgic return to his carefree school years, turns into a serious challenge, pitting the heroes against the harsh Ural nature, a bloodthirsty local poacher, the Mansi tribe, and a sinister old man responsible for the disappearances.