QAS

During the colonization and artificial famine of the 1930s in Kazakh ASSR, a gravedigger, Isatai, picks up the bodies on his cart and takes them to the mass grave – a huge, gaping hole in the ground. Every day he brings new bodies of women, children and men. The head of the village hopes to get some provision from Sarkand and sends Isatai to deliver a message. Trying to protect his younger brother, Isatai takes him on the road. The endless steppe turns into a circular nightmare, where two forces – space and hunger – start to control Isatai’s mind. This is both, a physical journey and a mental adventure, where Isatai suffers from hallucinations, meets folklore characters and faces a difficult choice, which might determine the destiny of the entire village.