Comedian Jean-Paul Bolzec has just performed in Azerbaijan. On the way back to the airport, the taxi breaks down. Bolzec is abandoned on a desert road. He crossed the border with Armenia, in latent war with Azerbaijan for years.

君士坦丁堡，1910。 城里面有太多的流浪狗。刚刚上台的新政府深受西方社会模式影响，向欧洲专家寻求消除流浪狗的办法；而后，政府却决定将3万多只狗流放到城外一个荒岛上。电影通过一只刚刚分娩的母狗与抓捕它的宪兵的双重视角，展现了这些被强行驱逐的狗最终难逃死亡的命运。

Film director Sergei Parajanov creates brilliant films. His nonconformist behavior conflicts with Soviet System. He is committed to prison for being eccentric. His indestructible love for beauty allows him to withstand the years of imprisonment, isolation and oblivion.