Family Passions was the first hour long television serial produced in Canada and Germany. It was produced and distributed by Baton Broadcasting System and ZDF between 1993 and 1994. In 1996, BBS stations replayed the entire series in a half hour format..
Things are not going well at work for both Meirzhan and Dana. Their friends, on the contrary, have everything "in chocolate". Their whole life is trips abroad and numerous hangouts. Dana's friends laugh at her that they don't go anywhere. Dana begs her husband to take her and the children somewhere, but Meirzhan does not have such an opportunity. One day he comes up with the idea to take a minivan at work and take his family to Aktau, to the sea. On the road, the family is waiting for numerous dangerous adventures..
