Examines the life of nomadic herders-hunters-farmers in a remote region of an automous republic of the former Soviet Union. Mountainous terrain forms the dramatic backdrop against which a state farm operates. Modern influences are changing the lives of the young people.
A young woman arrives in the city searching for her mother, whom she finds working in a nightclub, unaware that she is known to everyone there as the 'dreamer' because she is an alcoholic woman who spends her time soliciting customers and earning commissions from their drink purchases.
This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him.