When his father sells their baby camel Altynka, his mother, Mara, escapes to be find her calf. Her disappearance is a potential disaster for the family so eldest son, Bayir, takes off to retrieve her. What follows is part road movie, part coming-of-age as Bayr adventures across the Kalmyk steppe.

• Mikhail Gasanov
• Viktor Sukhorukov
• Petr Novikov
• Irina Hurgunova
• Danzan Badrashkiev
• Batr Mandzhiev
• Baira Mandzhieva
• Vitaly Makhov