在吉爾吉斯坦嚴酷但美麗的高原上，三代遊牧馬牧民在這片土地上過著自己的生活——一對年邁的夫婦，他們的寡婦媳婦沙依爾（Shayir）和她的 granddaughter。沙依爾的兒子被城市誘惑而離開，每當他偶爾回來，大家都清楚他再也不會回到遊牧生活。當一位附近露營的氣象學家對沙依爾產生興趣時，她的婆婆擔心她會逃走，進一步撕裂他們這個小家庭。
On the harsh but beautiful high plains of Kyrgyzstan, three generations of nomadic horse-herders make a life for themselves – an ageing couple, their widowed daughter-in-law Shayir, and their granddaughter. Shayir’s son has been lured away to the city, and on his infrequent visits it’s obvious he’ll never return to the nomadic lifestyle. When a meteorologist camped nearby takes an interest in Shayir, her mother-in-law fears she could bolt, and sunder their little family still further.
