In the boundless steppes of Kalmykia, a fearless 12-year-old boy sets off on an epic adventure to retrieve his extraordinary baby camel, as dangerous situations and a true friendship will eventually turn him into a young man.
When his father sells their baby camel Altynka, his mother, Mara, escapes to be find her calf. Her disappearance is a potential disaster for the family so eldest son, Bayir, takes off to retrieve her. What follows is part road movie, part coming-of-age as Bayr adventures across the Kalmyk steppe.—Anonymous
In the boundless and flat steppes of Kalmykia near the vast Caspian Sea, the extraordinary baby camel, Altynka, is born right under a unique camel-shaped cloud; however, the family's heavy debts will soon deliver the defenceless animal into the hands of a Russian filmmaker. To right the wrong, the fearless twelve-year-old son, Bayir, will set off on an epic adventure to track down the baby, as his infuriated camel mother is already out there to find him. On the saddle of his rugged sidecar motorcycle, Bayir will test his limits as well as his faith, as a variety of unexpected encounters, dangerous situations, and a true friendship will eventually turn the boy into a young man. But is the celestial camel gone forever?—Nick Riganas
Kalmyks say that a camel-shaped cloud brings good luck. A white little colt (celestial camel) Altynka was born under the such cloud. During the film shooting accidentally dies a white colt. A dubbing camel is required urgently. The movie-manager arrives at a far-away steppe station of a poor shepherd Dorzhi. Altynka is sold. The mother-camel runs away in to the steppe in search of her son. Twelve-year-old Bayir rides to steppe on his father's old motorbike in search of mother-camel. Bayir meets kind and evil people in the steppe. Summoners of rain, a disciple of Lama, help him in his way.Bayir meets a teenager named Quarter and they become friends. Meanwhile, at the railway station, the movie-manager is not able to send the white camel to the film-shooting place.Bayir and Quarter ride to the railway station by motorbike. There the friends meet both- the mother camel and the colt. Will Bayir be able to save Altynka and return home with the camel?...
