The stars' caravan / Millennium Film, Inti Films, Carré noir RTBF Liège, Czech Television present in association with YLE TV2, DR TV ; a film by Arto Halonen ; producers, Rashid Tursunov, Bakyt Toktokozhoev.
Publisher:
Fox Lorber CentreStage,
Copyright Date:
2001
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
"Based on an original idea by Richard Manin, Carlo Cresto-Dina." With Zarylbek Dyikanbaev, Murat Oljobaev, Joldoshbek Kyrgyzbaev, Qaba "Manaschi" Atabekov, Sadombay Zarnajev ; Manas dramitisation actors, Dokdurbek Kydyraliev (Manas), Asis Aidaraliev (Young Manas), Satar "Sultan" Dikambaev (Kongurbai), Mimo Tseveen (Young Zarylbek), Harri Lehti (Old projectionist). Narrator, Gennady Kovalev. Originally broadcast on the RTBF Liège program Carré noir in 2001.
Summary:
Aging projectionist Zarylbeck has devoted years of his life to Kyrgyzstan's nomadic cinema, leading caravans of mules and horses carrying projectors, screens and film canisters to the wandering tribes. Now, as the town Naryn is preparing for the 1000th anniversary of Kyrgyzstan's national hero Manas, Zarylbeck and his young apprentice, Murat, face a society in transition. With dwindling state funds to bolster their film tours, Soviet propaganda films giving way to Hollywood B films, and communist ideologies yielding to revived Islamic beliefs, the projectionists face an uncertain future. Intercut with colourful scenes from the epic adventures of Manas, this impressionistic, creative documentary creates a vivid and lyrical picture of a land and a people coping with massive political, social and economic upheaval.
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