The road to mother / World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation presents ; Kazakhfilʹm ; general producer, Aliya Nazarbayeva ; producer, Svetlana Korotenko ; written by Timur Zhaksylykov ; directed by Akan Satayev.
Altynaĭ Nȯgerbek, Bolat Ăbdīlmanov, Ădīl Akhmetov, Berīk Aĭtzhanov, Aruzhan Zhazylbekova. Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2016. Wide screen (2.35:1 aspect ratio). Special features: The making of The road to mother, theatrical and alternate trailers.
Summary:
Spanning nearly nine decades from the 1930s to the present, the movie is a sweeping yet personal epic that follows several generations of a Kazakh family that is determined to stay united through war, famine, collectivization, and separation. Focusing on a young man who is torn away from his mother by the upheaval of war, he is forced to endure harrowing experiences from childhood into adulthood without her to protect him.
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