Bucha

The year is 2022. Konstantin Gudauskas, a Lithuanian Jew born in Kazakhstan, is living in Bucha where he was granted asylum by Ukraine after being kicked out of his country by the Kazakh government. After the Russian invasion begins on February 24th, 2022, Konstantin is able to travel freely to the occupied territories and evacuate civilians from there thanks to his Kazakh passport. During the next months he saves 203 people by taking them out of the occupied territories to safety and freedom. Konstantin observes first-hand the horrors of war and atrocities of the Russian occupation. Among those rescued by Konstantin is the famous Ukrainian composer Igor Poklad. Throughout this time he is advised and guided by a woman, Gaide Rizaeva, a Crimean Tatar, employee of the GUR (Main Intelligence Directorate), who was twice held captive by Russian separatists and was on death row before escaping. She helps Konstantin, but when he stops listening to her advice, tragedy strikes.