By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Sergei Dvortsevoy
Starring: Askhat Kuchencherekov | Bereke Turganbayev | Ondas Besikbasov | Samal Esljamova | Tolepbergen Baisakalov
Country: germany, kazakhstan, poland, russia, switzerland
Year: 2009
Running time: 100
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436854/
Jeff says: “A young Kazakh man returns to the steppe after serving as a diver in the Russian navy, dreaming of his own yurt, a pretty wife, and a prosperous flock of sheep under a starry sky. Alas, the only available woman will have nothing to do with him and he has no money, so he must shift with his sister, her husband, and their three headstrong children. The story is modest, punctuated by the ever present wind and the bleating and braying animals. Indeed, the steppe and the animals are equals of the human actors, their actions absolutely determining the course of the peoples’ lives. There is a very funny scene between a mama camel and her son, whom the local vet is trying to wean from her. 3 1/2 cats”