“Whatever falls from heaven, you may keep.” So goes the unwritten law of the Kazakh steppes. A law avidly adhered to by the inhabitants of a small village, who collect the space debris that falls downrange from the nearby Baikonur space station. The last two youthful members of the village are the radio operator Iskander, known as Gagarin, and the spirited Nazira. While Nazira finds it increasing difficult to conceal her love for Iskander by means of her unconventional behaviour, Iskander is evidently not only crazy about Baikonur and the vastness of outer space, but also deeply smitten with the beautiful French astronaut Julie Mahé, whose journey to the stars he wistfully follows on television.
Alexander Asochakov
Iskander 'Gagarin' Orinbekov
Marie de Villepin
Julie Mahé
Sitora Farmonova
Nazira
Waléra Kanischtscheff
Baikonur Chef (voice)
Yevgeniy Yefremov
Roscosmos-Boss
Nurlan Abilov
Timur
Muchit Izimov
Adylgey
Sayat Merekeuly
Agai
Yessim Seghizbayev
One-eyed Enemy
Oleg Poltoratskikh
Russian Cosmonaut
Berik Aytzhanov
Kazakh Cosmonaut
Michael Müller
German Cosmonaut
Eduard Pak
Chinese Trader
Pavel Babenko
Centrifuge Technician
Nikita Morozov
Centrifuge Doctor
