Awards : Grand prix du Festival du film croissant d'argent d'Ashkhabad en 1991,
Grand prix du Festival du fil Bastau d'Almaty en 1993
Plot synopsis
Kazakhstan in the 30s. An illiterate nomad Surzhekei becomes a vigilante for collectivization. “I am your law” he shouts and punishes everyone who goes against his will. Cruel laws mutilate human destinies, ruin the familiar ways and customs, innocent people die. But Surzhekei too, with all his unlimited power, is overtaken by death.