12岁的男孩杰山是个跑步天才，但是他生活不如意，他在学校里被老师和同学孤立，他的父母离婚，而他只能与终日醉酒的父亲一起生活，小小的肩膀过早的承担了照顾家人的重担，唯一热切盼望的就是拿到学校跑步竞赛的冠军，为了这个目标，他一路奔跑，直到精疲力尽。电影朴实而真诚地描绘了吉尔吉斯斯坦少年的成长困境，令人唏嘘。
A village in Ukraine, near the Russian border. The only thing that slightly disturbs the peace there is the occasional death of an elderly person. That is also why Anatoly returns there: to take care of his dying mother.
