Rustem Omarov

When a young girl is left with her aging grandmother in rural Kazakhstan, an ordinary act of familial care quickly turns into an unsettling descent into the unknown where loss can take monstrous forms.

Kuanysh, who is about to enroll at an American university, is the pride of his single mother, Dinara. Divorced when Kuanysh was young, Dinara has devoted herself to caring for her son, but as a teenager he has a world his mother is not privy to. One day, Kuanysh goes to a club with his friends and becomes involved in an assault incident, which turns into a homicide when the victim dies during the investigation. The wealthy and influential parents of Kuanysh’s friends attempt to make him the culprit, and now Dinara must protect her son by her own means.

When a frail grandmother is left to babysit a toddler, the worst-case scenario unfolds.

During a presidential working visit to the city of Semey, every local police officer dreams of being part of the official escort motorcade. A group of local patrolmen wants to get into the convoy at all costs. However, their chief has other plans. As the person responsible for the President's security, he wants everything to run perfectly. Knowing the chaotic reputation of his men, the chief orders Serik, Medet, Olzhas, Edil, Ilyas, and Beks to stay far away from the motorcade. Instead, he puts Dima and Renat, the city's elite police officers, in charge of the escort. But the six patrolmen are not ready to just give up and surrender their spots, because accompanying the President is the ultimate dream of every cop.