Cheerful, purposeful and a bit hooligan senior Arnur remains confined to a wheelchair after the tragedy. Unable to adjust, he gives up. And only true male friendship and sincere love will help him find a taste for life.
New Year's Eve. Classmates stay in the house on the hillside for various reasons. Everything is happening as if someone specially gathered them here. People who have long lost their faith in fairy tales, at first perceive it as a joke. However, the appearance of an elf and Santa Claus further aggravates the situation. Gradually, they realize that they have really plunged into the world of fairy tales, and they will even have to save the celebration of the New Year, which may not come.
Dastan can no longer stand the constant nagging of his highly pregnant wife and decides to run away for at least one day with his friends. The men go fishing, which would have gone smoothly, if not for a series of unforeseen events.
In 2007, he graduated from the College of the Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after T. Zhurgenov. In 2012, he completed his studies at the Faculty of Directing at the Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after T. Zhurgenov, training under the honored figure of Kazakhstan, Bulat Atabayev. In 2012, he directed Dario Fo's play *The Open Couple* at the Zhambyl Regional Kazakh Drama Theater named after Zh. Dosmukhamedov, receiving high praise from critics. In 2017, at the State Puppet Theater, he staged the plays *The Foal and the Wolf Cub* by Zh. Omarov and *The Smell of Wormwood* by R. Otarbayev, further developing the directing approach in puppet theater. He is known for the films *The Walnut Tree* (2016), *Kelinjan* (2019), *Serzhan Bratan* (2021), *Sweetie, You Won't Believe It!* (2019), and many others. He is also involved in directing theatrical productions.