Grigoriy Kobetz

During the 1920s, many impoverished Jews searching for a better life made their way to Birobidzhan, the Soviet Jewish Autonomous Region on the Chinese border. This melodrama tells the story of a Jewish family's immigration to Birobidzhan and their experiences as settlers on a collective farm in the area.

Dima and Oleg gets stranded in the middle of a huge marsh after their boat drifts away. To survive they must deal with the water, the weather and the wildlife. Things got a little hectic after they raided and overtook a poachers' cabin.