 They are portrayed as unsophisticated and traditional people.Gombo desires sexual intercourse with his wife, which puts his wife at unease due to Chinese law as it is likely to result in a fourth child.Shortly after, Sergei, an intoxicated, buffoonish Russian truck driver, has stranded himself by driving his truck into a river, and is picked up by Gombo, taken to his family's yurt, to join him in dinner.