Lkhagvadulam Tumursukh

Ulzii, a teenager from a poor neighborhood in Ulaanbaatar, is determined to win a sciences-physics competition to get a scholarship. His illiterate mother finds a job in the countryside, leaving him and his brother and sister in the middle of winter. Ulzii wanders around at night looking for things to burn for heat while preparing for the national competition.

A young man’s dream to make a living in Ulaanbaatar is put to the test when he must navigate the social and physical obstacles in his path.

A body with no visible trace is found in a nowhere land in a remote soum, Atsaakhiimori. And three detectives follow the leads that lead to eccentric town's people whose lives come no near to ordinary.