Director: Yerlan Nurmukhambetov
Screenplay: Yerlan Nurmukhambetov
Cinematographer: Murat Nugmanov
Editing: Aibol Kasymzhanov
Sound: Andrei Vlaznev
Music: Sultan Abet
Cast: Rustem Zhanyamanov, Balnur Asyl, Nurzhan Zhumanov, Asylbek Musabekov
Production: JSC Kazakhfilm
Contact:
Julia Kim
176 Al-Farabi Ave
Akmaty
Kazakhstan
Tel: +7 777 0400017
Mail: [email protected]
Year: 2015
DCP, Color, 81 min, OV kazakh with English and French electronic subtitles
New Current Busan International Film Festival Prize 2015
French Première
Gabit and Aisulu are in love. One day, the young man carries his fiancée off while she is cleaning carpets on the riverside; he wants to marry her as per an ancestral tradition. His gesture makes the young girl’s parents very angry as they did not agree to their union. They are finally convinced by the young couple to organize the wedding ceremony.
“Considering the emotional and narrative content this film can be easily called a hymn to the lives of ordinary people. It shows the everyday life of the modern village of the southern regions of Kazakhstan. We want to show the story of a young couple who fell in love and got married with the respect to the ancient traditions. The story ends with big southern wedding. The second part of the film shows the life of a young family, an appearance in her children. The most valuable in this film is cinematic form, language of cinema. The director Yerlan Nurmukhambetov managed to combine comedy and art-house, avoiding the theatrical cliches.” Darezhan Omirbayev.
