Ruslan,age40,liveswithhismotherMariainasettlementintheSakhaRepublic(Yakutia).TheirlifeisbecomingallthemorechallengingasMaria'sAlzheimerdiseaseprogresses.OnedayRuslaniscalledbackfromworkbecausehismotheristhreateningtheneighborswithashotgun.Thedilemmaspileup.Howtobestcareforhismother?Howmuchshouldhebewillingtosacrificeofhisownlife,loveandfamily,tokeepMariasafe? NotunlikeDavydov'sdebutBonfire,thisseeminglysmallstoryisdealingwiththebigquestionsinlife.Exploringeverydaylifeinaspecificlocation,thefilmexpandsameditationonglobalhumanemotionsandrelations.TheSakharegion,wheretheYakutsarethemainindigenousgroupandwheremostfilmsareinYakut,isoneofthemostboomingandinterestingfilmindustriesinRussiatoday.Beautifullyshotwithnon-professionalactors,thistendertalewillmakeanimpact.AnotherofDavydov’sfilms,ScarecrowisalsoscreenedatTIFFthisyear.