John, who is 25, his teenage brother and his younger sister Alia, who is in poor health, are forced to leave their home in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. Fortunately, their mother has left them a house in a remote village where they intend to settle. But the brother of the local chief, who has been occupying the house illegally for 10 years, is in no hurry to give it back to its owners.
