A professional hunter, from a family of hunters, violates ancestral customs and traditions. He kills wild animals not for food, but for pleasure, and inevitably clashes with the vengeful forces of nature. His shot at a sacred deer marks the beginning of his end. Nature responds mercilessly: falling rocks, pain, and fear. Cornered and bloodied, he meets the gaze of a wolf—his reflection in this game of survival. A silent parable about the fall and rebirth of the soul through the rejection of violence. Film from North Ossetia (Caucasus)
