Ganbold Baldandorj

Astrologer and dorombo Dorji Damdinsuren (Anilan) was born in 1901 in Tsagaankhairkhan soum, Zavkhan aimag. He was an astrologer who studied under the Duut family from the age of 8 and mastered the knowledge of the scriptures. Damdinsuren was falsely arrested in 1938 in the "Enzon Khamba case" and was acquitted in 1947. He taught at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the National University of Mongolia from 1963 to 1964 and died in 1988 at the age of 87. This film beautifully depicts the life story of this man.

Turbat, an architect by profession, lives off lending money at high interest rates after taking low interest loans from the bank together with his wife. When the borrowers fail to repay, the bank seizes their household possessions and the property of their small private business. After a tragic car accident, his wife ends up in prison. Their only daughter dedicates herself to fighting for her parents, doing everything she can. One day, she accidentally finds out that her father’s architectural project has been approved and lets out a cry of joy. Their lives, especially her father’s, begin anew.

One night, a state-assigned assassin breaks into the home of a writer with democratic beliefs. The assassin has come to carry out a death sentence issued by a totalitarian regime. The two engage in a long conversation about ideology, freedom, life, and death. Their discussion is overheard by two messengers of the Lord of Death, who also begin to converse among themselves. The clash between truth and lies inevitably leads to death, but one of the messengers comes to the realization that death is the beginning of life. Moved by this insight, the messenger decides to live as a human and continue the writer's work.