The film evoked the spontaneous rising of Central Asian workers, against the Tsarist mobilization in 1916, which led to the director’s imprisonment.
In the late 1930s, Yuldashev, a journalist, came to one of the sanatoriums in Uzbekistan. He wants to write an article about a warrior hero. But everyone he talks to refers him to someone else, someone more worthy.
The story of Hakima, who becomes pregnant after being raped by the imam Abdu-Nabi. When, years later, the 'holy man' turns his gaze to his biological daughter Oinasa, Hakima attempts to protect her.
At the center of the story is the family drama of farmer Jalil from the village of Rawat, his wanderings and attempts to save his beloved girl Karaman. Her father is in debt to the local bai Abdu-Nabi and gives his daughter to him as his wife. In the vicinity of the village, the remains of Akram Khan's Basmachi gang are rampaging. Abdu-Nabi maintains a close connection with Rawat’s “jackals”. Jalil goes to the mountains to the Basmachi...
