在这部哗众之人剧情片中,遥远的西伯利亚村庄里，叶戈尔是一名森林守卫，无惧与丛林中的偷猎者们搏斗，亦重视家庭，受村民们尊敬。正当他期待妻子诞下第二个孩子时，却被验出患上末期癌症。他不但求医，更借助萨满巫术治病，依然无效，在别无选择之下，受到古老西伯利亚史诗的情节启发，决定做出惊人之举，彻底改变自己的身份，愚弄即将到来的死神，但村民和家人都不认同他拯救自己的方式。影片根据导演的童年回忆、成长环境和西伯利亚传说而写成，打破禁忌，表现出面对自己不理解的事物所产生的恐惧，会驱使人们做出非同寻常的举动。
Egor is a fearless state forest guard in the Siberian Taiga. He is a good family man, respected by his fellow villagers. He and his wife Natalia are expecting a second child. But one day Egor finds out that he has cancer and only two months left to live. No traditional medicine or shamanic magic can save him. Finally, left with no other options, he takes a desperate attempt to trick death. Egor chooses to take the identity of a woman as a way of fighting the disease. His family and the local society now have to accept his new self.
成功融合民间寓言故事与现代社会的讽刺批判。
