Cynical police officer Birjan ventures to the remote village of Karatas to investigate inexplicable events at a maternity ward. This leads him to the heart of Kazakh folklore, and he soon finds himself drawn into a whirlwind of witchcraft. With the local police refusing to cooperate, Birjan forms an unlikely alliance with Sara, a fortune teller with a genuine clairvoyant gift, who also has a criminal record for car theft, drug trafficking, and vagrancy. As the investigation continues, it becomes clear that the curse of Albasty, a spirit that stalks infants, is more than just a legend.
