Primitive, bent over tribe lives in the high mountain. Igi is a young hunter, first one who straightens up, but bends back for the sake of the young and new Chief Kaas, his stepbrother. Even thought bending back brings a severe pain. New Chief, with his lack of experience eventually brings the tribe to starvation.
After a long journey Igi finds courage to straighten up again. He is the first who discovers new perspectives and new ways to feel emotions, love, expressing it in beautiful words and paintings.
Finding the true self, Igi also becomes a “true Chief” of the tribe. While Kaas becomes the first Dictator and sends Igi to the death sentence.