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When reformed ex-smuggler Pamfir returns home to his village on the Ukrainian border after working abroad for several years, he’s determined to earn an honest living and set a good example for his beloved teenage son Nazar. But in a town where corruption runs deep and crime and religion are inextricably linked, his plan is quickly thwarted when Nazar sets fire to the local church in a misguided effort to keep him at home. To pay for the damage, Pamfir must take on one last job for a crime syndicate operating a risky smuggling venture in a place where all the rules have changed.

Sharaf may dream of being fabulously rich, but when he ends up in prison after killing a man in defense of his honor, he has to wake up fast. Prison mirrors the outside world, with all its systemic inequality, injustice and corruption––although, even here, Sharaf believes he can make his fortune.

Lallemani, a young gangster who has just come out of jail, dreams of wealth by selling prohibited alcohol in the lost city Jendouba, while Lenin, a cop, is losing his gun in a bus. Lallemani and his girlfriend Noor are turning Lenin’s life upside down and dragging him deeper and deeper into the dark underworld of modern Tunisia.

After losing all he holds dear in a senseless war, Hasan, an elderly refugee goes on a fateful journey to rescue his beloved horse.

Temo is in debts, just like majority of Georgian population, he has lost everything and now he’s sheltered by his girlfriend who lives in a tiny shack, together with her mother. Temo tries different things to get out of the situation, but his attempts are naïve and futile, be it discovering of constant energy or farming frogs for selling on the internet. Social complications are putting more and more weight on Temo’s back, because of this Temo is forced to take a criminal way to solve his problems.

What happens if a beloved person disappears, leaving you no choice other than radicalism or the blind faith in a stranger.