Spurred by his own postmodern musings and the growing inequality, corruption, and kill-or-be-killed ethic of post-Soviet Kazakhstan, a solitary philosophy student steers his directionless life toward the commission of a violent crime, which leads to growing guilt.

• Kazakhfilm Studios
• Nurlan Baitasov
• Maya Serikbayeva
• Edige Bolysbayev
• Daniyar Bazarkulov
• Baygaly Bekarys
• Kanat Berentaev
• Tatyana Bogdanova
• Ermek Ahmetov