It was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

[2][3] At Cannes, it won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Un Certain Regard section.

[4] In 1998 at Nalchik, 24-year-old Ilana (Zhovner) works in her father's garage to help him make ends meet.

One evening, her extended family and friends gather to celebrate the engagement of her younger brother David.

Later that night, the young couple is kidnapped, and a ransom demand delivered.