Ural Film Studio

Mashenka's grandmother tells her a fairy tale about a magical land where tangerines grow that grant wishes. Dreaming only of her mother's recovery and return home, the girl sets out in search of the magic tangerine. But the fulfillment of wishes is under threat all over the world, as an evil minister is poisoning the magic tangerines.

Set in and around the city of Perm, yarn is told from the perspective of Sasha (Ivanov), a boisterous 10-year-old boy, who lives with his drunken father, a prison guard. Still haunted by the sudden disappearance of his mother when he was a child, Sasha tries to gather bits and pieces of info about the circumstances of her death, which is surrounded with a veil of mystery.