Shynar Zhanysbekova

Zhandos, a music teacher, lives in the small town of Balkhash and dreams of moving to a big city. He is loved by his students, and the school turns a blind eye to his side jobs. When a patron nostalgic for his hometown arrives, Zhandos is given the chance to leave and must decide what matters more: the art within him, or himself within art.

Sabit is a retired police officer. He has a wife named Eleonora and a son named Gabit. They are no different from other residents of their town. One day, a new family moves into the house next door — Madiyar, Kausar, and Ulbolsyn, who have come from the city. Sabit and Eleonora begin to notice strange behavior from their new neighbors.

Two boys remain orphans in a difficult time of famine and repression. Meeting friends in a few years will be unexpected for both. This is a myth about the price that a person had to pay to survive during the military dictatorship.

The plot of the film tells about Tolegen, an ordinary worker in a furniture factory, and his boss named Temirbek. The boss is always unhappy with the employee, jokes about Tolegen and does not hide his dislike. However, fate decreed that it was Temirbek's daughter, Aruzhan, who became Tolegen's bride. What the young man is in no hurry to tell the future of kayin ata…