Film adaptation of the epic novel known to every Yakut, "Saasky kem" ("Spring Time") by Nikolai Mordinov-Amma Achtchyguyia.
Yakutia, 1917. Mikita, a 9-year-old boy, is more mature than his age because like adults he knows the hard life of Yakut herders for whom every day is a struggle for survival. New trials await the boy because the events of the time of revolution and revolt break into the traditional way of life of his family, destroying the values and way of life shaped for centuries.
