TULPAN

Overview

Directed by:

Sergey DVORTSEVOY

Country:

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, KAZAKHSTAN, RUSSIA, POLAND

Year:

2008

Duration:

100 minutes

Awards:

Un Certain Regard Prize - Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema, 2008

Credits

Sergey DVORTSEVOY

- Director

Sergey DVORTSEVOY

- Screenplay

Gennadij OSTROWSKIJ

- Screenplay

Jolanta DYLEWSKA

- Cinematography

Eric TISSERAND

- Sound

Williams SCHMIT

- Sound

Actors

Tulepbergen BAISAKALOV

- Boni

Ondasyn BESIKBASOV

- Ondas

Zhappas DZHAILAUBAEV

- Brigadeleader

Samal ESLYAMOVA

- Samal

Tazhyban KALYKULOVA

- Tulpan's Mother

Askat KUCHINCHIREKOV

- Asa

Amangeldi NURZHANBAYEV

- Tulpan's Father

Esentai TULENDIEV

- Veterinarian

Synopsis

After completing his naval service, young Asa travels back to the Kazakh steppe where his sister and her shepherd husband live a nomadic life. To start his new life, eager Asa must get married first before he can become a shepherd himself. Asa's only hope for marriage on the deserted steppe is Tulpan, the daughter of another shepherd family. Poor Asa is disappointed to learn that Tulpan doesn't like him because she thinks that his ears are too big. But Asa doesn't give up and he continues to dream of a life that may not be possible on the steppe ...

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