Kinoglaz

Three men are united around the coffin of a woman they have never seen before. They have been summoned to the morgue by their old school-friend, now a factory boss, who promised the old, lonely lady a decent funeral.

Aïdar, a young Kyrgyz man returns home from his studies in France, with a beautiful French fiancée in tow. His fiancée is warmly welcomed by the village and captivated by the beauty of the region, but he stubbornly refuses to tell his family that the two are engaged.

Theater Institute. Author of the docudrama “rudolf nureyev. island of his dreams” (2017), which won the grand prix of the “window to europe” festival and the special prize of the russian guild of film critics. director and scpiptwriter of “turbulence zone” (2009), “mamai’s burial mound. memories of generations” (2014, doc.), “the name of rokossovsky” (2015, doc.), “just sergey” (2018, doc.), “vera” (2022, doc.), “legendary cinemas of the world. house of cinema” (2024, doc.).

Lyrical tragicomedy. The eyes of the young hero, who will go through the rite of circumcision, shows the life of a Kyrgyz village on a holiday day.

Ascel longs to escape her village in Kyrgyzstan and dreams of going to Moscow. The big city indeed tests her survival skills.