A Russian soldier who spent ten years in captivity in Afghanistan, returns to his home village and shocks all its inhabitants because of his conversion to Islam. During his absence, his father hanged himself, his brother served a prison term and his former fiancée has become a woman of very low morals. The village is the scene of endless drinking while the local boss is selling off the land for dollars to new-rich Russians. Our hero turns out as the only sober and hard-working member of the community. However, his attachment to his new faith soon provokes the hatred and rejection of everyone else, including his own family.

Главный герой рядовой Николай Иванов пробыл в плену у моджахедов 7 лет. Афганский крестьянин выкупил Николая, когда его вели расстреливать, и Николай заменил ему убитого сына. Николай принял ислам, и в родное село парень вернулся мусульманином. Вероисповедание односельчанина, своего родного парня, поначалу не вызывало отвращения, однако непривычное, ортодоксально-консервативное отношение к деньгам, семье, вере, алкоголю, чужому имуществу вызвали враждебное отношение к нему у односельчан и особенно старшего брата.