Firaya Akberova

Three stories and language confrontation intertwine at the moment when the Moscow Tatar comes to Tatarstan to persuade an old-fashioned Kazan to sell a house in the center. He has everything for happiness: a miracle wife, an obstinate daughter, an actress sister, a pink goat and many problems. According to the capital’s development, a metro station should be built exactly on the site of the protagonist’s house. But it was not there. It is difficult to agree if you communicate in different languages. In the literal and figurative sense.

Galimžjan, an old man living an ascetic life by the sea, confronts his past as his son is accused of assaulting a man in the city. Galimžjan has lost his faith in a mythical fish called Baigal that is said to live in the nearby Volga river. But Baigal, who can bestow luck on those who reach it, might be just what he needs.