The inhabitants of a remote Carpathian village are getting ready for Malanka, a traditional costumed celebration. At the same time, Leonid (whom everyone calls Pamfir) returns home after having spent several months working abroad. For this massive, taciturn man who only rarely breaks a smile, family is everything. When his son Nazar ends up in trouble, Pamfir doesn’t hesitate. He decides to return to his dark past and to take one more risk… In his confident debut set in the colorful world of the Ukrainian-Romanian border region, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk masterfully combines elements of Greek tragedy, Western, and thriller and brings to the screen one of the most charismatic protagonists of recent years.