[2] It has received the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing in 2019,[3][4] and also was shown on the 67th San Sebastián International Film Festival.
The investigation is entrusted to a young detective named Bekzat, although local criminal bosses indicate they do not want the investigation to progress, with the police already finding a suspect - an intellectually disabled man named Pukuar, whom Bekzat is tasked to kill.
However, a journalist named Ariana soon arrives in Karatas to observe the investigation, ruining Bekzat's plans.
He shoots two corrupt policemen in the countryside, then massacres everybody responsible for the murder in the police station, himself getting gravely injured.
Ben Kenigsberg from The New York Times praised the film, describing it as "grim revelations with breathtaking rapidity".