Shepherds. Milan

The main character Rita is kind and sweet young woman, who can’t say “no” and is ready to help anyone who asks, and therefore is constantly being used by her family and friends. Her sister Olga is pursuing a career, leaving her children to Rita; her love interest Vlad uses her by borrowing money and never giving it back, and also by getting Rita to do his work; Rita’s mother Nina is thinking only about her questionable business. Rita herself, while being a talented inventor of modern gadgets, is a freelance employee at an advertising company, where Olga is a creative director. Olga gets fame for all Rita’s inventions. One day, everything changes.

The film tells about the spiritual, educational, social, charitable and peacemaking activities of the Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan, tells about the interfaith dialogue and the relationship of the Church with the state and society. The film particularly touches on the topic of political repression of the twentieth century and testifies to the help of the Kazakh people to innocent people who found themselves in exile and camps on the territory of the Republic. Interviews with hierarchs and clergy, prominent public figures of Kazakhstan and ordinary citizens of the country alternate with demonstrations of historical and cultural attractions, unique views of Kazakh nature.