Directed by: Aktan Arym Kubat
Stars: Mirlan Abdykalykov, Adir Abilkassimov, Mirlan Cinkozoev
Language: Kyrgyz | Subtitles: English (srt)
Country: Kyrgyzstan | Imdb Info | Ar: 16:9 | Dvdrip
Also known as: Beshkempir
Description: In a Kyrgyz village, five older women adopt an infant foundling. Jump ahead about 12 years: the boy, Beshkempir, is entering puberty, the age, his granny says, when life goes berserk. He plays with friends, horsing around, sniggering about sex, going to an outdoor movie. He works, fishing and making bricks of mud. And, he’s starting to notice girls. He and his best friend fight, and he learns to his consternation that he’s a foundling. A death in the family pushes Beshkempir even faster toward adult roles: he must brush tears from his eyes, lead a funeral procession, and reconcile with his friend. Then, he borrows a bicycle and calls on Aynura: courtship begins.
Preview
1.08GB | 77:53mins | 710×568 | mkv | Kyrgyz | Sub: English
https://tezfiles.com/file/98bd5d7009817/The.Adopted.Son.1998.mkv
English Subtitle
https://tezfiles.com/file/7209c1e2bb408/The.Adopted.Son.1998.srt
Thank you so much for this rare gem! Hope eventually there will be an HD restoration.
I have been to Kyrgystan. The nicest people you will ever find.
Another remarkable proposal, Sir!
Here is the beginning of Peter Bradshaw’s review of the movie (five stars out of five) in the Guardian:
“The admirable Klassiki streaming service, in response to some modest proposals from myself, is now showcasing five movies from central Asian film-makers, and the first is this absolute gem from Kyrgyzstan. It is an autobiographical movie by writer-director Aktan Abdykalykov, much acclaimed on the European festival circuit on first release in 1998: a very personal and immediate film, but with the mystery and calm of a folk tale. It’s a story of the director’s own childhood, and he casts his own teenage son Mirlan as himself. Beshkempir has the fluency and candour of something by Satyajit Ray and its ecstatic retrieval of memory makes me think of Fellini’s Amarcord.”
Many thanks!