ADEP ACHLAK
ABSURD AND ABSURDITY
The end of the Soviet Union ushered in the simultaneous demise of the political, economic and social system of Kyrgyzstan. After a period of radical transformation, many Kyrgyz view the present situation as absurd and chaotic. This opinion is shared by the heroes of this film: three young men who’ve been friends since childhood, each of them getting on with life and struggling with everyday problems. Erkin is forced to end his affair with a neighbour because his wife found out. Barkit, a student, has embarked upon an obscure religious quest that could end with him throwing himself in front of a train. Despite all these problems, they end each day with a farewell celebration for Stas, who never stops dreaming that his entrance for visa for Germany is about to arrive. A tragi-comedy about Kyrgyzstan’s post-Soviet generation in search of its place in the new world.
BetaSP | Farbe / colour
Marat Alykulow
Aibek Djangaziew
Murat Ajiew
Baiysch Ismanow
Jewgenij Kim, Planer, Elsinor
Marat Kozukejew, Ermek Ibraimow, Nikita Salimbajew
Oy Art Film Producing
1, Dinara Asanova st.
720030, Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
Tel: 996.312.656 554
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Marat Alykulov - born 1971 in Moscow. He worked as assistant cameraman at the Kyrgyz Film Studio in the early 1990s, and subsequently studied at the Kyrgyz State Institute of Arts. He has worked as a screenwriter and director for the production company “Dyebe” since 2000.
ODIN DJEN LJETA (1998, doc)
MYSCH (2003, short)
LENIN, PROSTI... (2005, short)
GRANITSA (2006, short, Cottbus 2007)
