The film tells the story of Crimean Tatar families who were forced to leave their native Crimean Peninsula under pressure from the Russian authorities.

The film's protagonists tell how they left the Russian-occupied Crimea, what they experienced, why they had no choice to stay, where and how they live now, and whether they will be able to return home. They were imprisoned, tortured, persecuted, and threatened with death. They could have ended up in the Russian army. The history of 1944 is repeating itself: back then, the Soviet authorities forcibly deported Crimean Tatars in freight cars, and now Russia is forcing representatives of the indigenous people of Crimea to leave their homes. This is in fact a “silent” deportation, say the participants of the film.

The film contains unique footage from the heroes' private archives, some of which is published for the first time.