The war has been going on in Chechnya since December 11th, 1994. Sultan's wife was killed and his house was destroyed. With his son Apti, he escaped to the Russian countryside where he is trying to start a new life. If the father can keep his integrity till the end, what will happen to his son, a young Chechen refugee on the enemy's territory? Should he become friend with the young Russian going to war to Chechnya? Try to integrate in a society with no future and rejecting him, or go back to his country destroyed by war?

Mirnaya zhizn

The film chronicles everyday struggle of a Russian woman for “ordinary” happiness of her family.