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It's summer 1992, a month before the collapse of the Soviet empire.
A modern Kazakh version of Agatha Christie's plot: four married couples, two from Kazakhstan and two from Russia, win a vacation in a chalet in the Almaty mountains. But when they get together in a chalet, they are cut off from the outside world by an avalanche, and then a ruthless elimination game begins...
A tough and successful businessman Bolat Gazizovich wins a major construction tender, which does not bring joy to his competitors - real bandits who want to force him to give up the victory. On the advice of his friend, Bolat goes on a trip to another city, and his daughter's unfortunate fiancé, whom he drove out the day before, turns out to be his companion. Misha, that's the name of the groom - an ordinary district police officer who dreams of a real job with shootings and arrests of seasoned criminals. And now - the road, one car for two, two fellow travelers who do not like each other and bandits chasing them. It would seem, what can be expected from such a trip? Skirmishes, chases, fights or silence and boredom all the way?
The horror story, imbued with the search for the true evil in this world. The most ancient legends of folklore will be recreated from the ancient beliefs about the otherworldly evil of the Kazakh region. Retelling again, they will merge into the realities of our days. We will see Zhestyrnak, Zhalmauyz Kempir and the Ghost from the Kapchagai highway. In their appearance, the heroes of the film will try to recognize the authenticity of evil, which for centuries has cooled blood and deprived of life. But the bitterness of truth itself will find them - "There is no worse in the world - man."
