Taxi driver Larisa Aidarova from a small seaside town is preparing for the wedding with her beloved Maksim, with whom she has been working and living together for more than a year. But all plans collapse when Maksim is detained on suspicion of murder.
1998, Nalchik. A Jewish family is in trouble: the youngest son and his bride do not come home, and in the morning, a ransom note arrives. The ransom is so high that the family is forced not only to sell its small business, but also to seek help from its fellow tribesmen.