As much a song poem as a film - this is a kaleidoscope of life in the magnificent high steppe of Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, where horses are considered to be the wings of humankind. Steeped in the lush landscape and spiritual wealth of the high mountain pastures - the " jailoo" - their mountains are as much a place as a way of being. Across Kyrgyzstan, semi-nomadic mountain people awake and they milk their horses and cook over smokey fires. Ordinary life as it has been for thousands of years. Newlyweds Urmat and Ayker rise at dawn to release hundreds of sheep to graze on the lush grass carpeting the landscape. Their fire is built from animal dung, and the entirety of their possessions hang on a peg by the door. Urmat has pinned his hopes on a beautiful pacing horse that he is training, riding across the valleys, his lyrical songs echoing against the mountains. Like many others in Kyrgyzstan, this couple struggles to follow in the footsteps of their ancestors. Trying to bridge the traditional aspirations of their parents with their youthful dreams, their life is lonely, and hard. These families are at the center of a kaleidoscope of stories, rich with a variety of characters and their enduring tales from across the country. For millennia, the horse has been used for working, for sport and for food, and they are central to culture and survival. These magnificent creatures are considered the "wings of man" and they are a captivating part of every family's story. The filmmakers spent three seasons embedded with several families to capture their deeply personal narratives and lives, and the film is elevated with the music and soaring voices of the traditional folk ensemble Ordo Sakhna.