The end of the 19th century. A tiny colony of lepers in the isolated Yakut taiga. A healthy girl, brought there by chance, falls in love with one of the young male lepers. Soon she is bearing his child. His wife suddenly arrives from the outside world and tragedy ensues within this strange love triangle.
Vasily Borisov
as Kyrgeley
Анна Флегонтова
as Anchik
Туйара Свинобоева
as Mergen
Михаил Скрябин
as Dzhanga
Мария Кычкина
as Byterkhay
Мария Канаева
as Kutuyakhsyt
Спартак Федотов
as Salban
Gennady Turantaev
as yakut