阿沙(Ondas Besikbasov 饰)由海军退役后回到草原,寄住在姐姐一家的帐篷里,姐夫将他介绍给附近最后一位待嫁的姑娘图潘,阿沙只顾将海上的见闻在对方二老面前聊得性起,岂料帷幕后的姑娘嫌他耳大。姐夫对阿沙相亲失败大感懊恼,羊群中的母羊频频难产,无法成家的阿沙却一时不能担负牧人的职责。难耐姐夫冷脸的阿沙再次登门求亲,虽然又被拒绝,但阿沙从门缝偷窥图潘以后,真的爱上了这位姑娘。
草原上的生活艰辛寂寞,收音机广播内的消息和好友托尼经常扮演着外界的诱惑。牧民迁徙的时节快要到了,阿沙与姐夫大吵后愤而出走,但他却被一只难产的母羊阻住了……
本片获2008年戛纳电影节“一种关注”单元奖,东京电影节金麒麟奖。
牧马人哈斯木独居荒山牧场,与鹰相伴,在沉静的日子里等待春天。他在山下小吃店相中逃家少年叶尔肯,以三个月为期,聘他帮忙牧场杂务。菜鸟牧童叶尔肯只想数日子、等下山,却意外拾得一只无主幼马,不顾哈斯木反对,以工钱和性命来保护幼马。当下山的日子一天天靠近,两个等待的人,关系也渐渐起了变化。
《太阳照常升起》剪辑师张一凡,这次剪而优则导,重返童年生长的家乡新疆,率领来自伊犁的哈萨克族编剧与演员,透过长镜头大远景的镜头语言,将皑皑山巅的美景,化作对牧马人勇敢、自由精神的礼赞。牧马人与逃家少年的性格冲突,剑拔弩张的世代隔阂,背后其实是快速都市化冲击传统生活型态的余波荡漾;而片中两人一鹰的山居等待,正蕴酿着世代间通的解方。
The Russian film diva and director Renata Litvinova, dressed in fantastic haute couture, in her own characteristic and humorous way, talks fragments of opera arias together.
A little boy Anatole lives in 1960s in the steppe in Kazakhstan with his parents-archaeologists. One day he witnesses the accidental death of his brother, this drama traumatizes the boy so much that he loses his ability to speak. Once he meets an old Kazakh who will teach him to hear again the world around him and will teach him how to speak again. The whole life of Anatole dep...
Surrealistic parable denounces political wrongs in Kazakhstan. The new mayor arrives in an isolated village where the inhabitants are dying of the plague while those in power pocket the money for flu vaccines. Brechtian with a mythical, horror-like undertone.