We’re up in the mountains in an almost abandoned town. Mailuu-Suu was built in 1945 in the south of the Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan to accommodate a processing plant for uranium mines in the area. Years later, when the mines were closed, the plant was replaced by a light bulb factory.

Today, nothing runs anymore in Mailuu-Suu, a ghostlike village. No matter what, Tanya has decided to stay and day after day, she struggles to survive. In the hills of broken glass, she looks carfully for her daily metal bread…