In 1972, the Ingush people, returning from Stalin's deportation, found themselves in distress. A few brave men wrote a letter to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee about the violation of people's rights and, having collected dozens of thousands of signatures, intended to deliver it to Brezhnev personally, but the local authorities started hunting them down.
Director Biography - Amur Amerkhanov
Born in 1979 in the Chechen-Ingush ASSR, at the age of 14 he entered the Shchukin Higher Theatre University as a theater and film actor. After graduation, he created a musical group in which he was one of the soloists and songwriters. After a successful career, he entered VGIK and graduated with a degree in directing. He directed his graduation film “Saichi, Son of Zouli”, which won awards at Russian and international film festivals. In 2025 he completed work on his debut feature film