Saratan

Kyrgyzstan, Germany

2005

84 Min

Color

Kyrgyz

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CAST Kumondor Abylov, Askat Sulaimanov, Tabyldy Aktanov, Kanybek Bekbatyrov, Taalai Abazova, Shambyl Kamchiev

MUSIC Ernest Abdyjaparov

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Synopsis

Discontentment reigns in a Kyrgyzian village: money is not flowing as expected, everyone is trying to arrange his own business, if necessary secretly, communism is still finding adherents and the rustler Taschmat is at work, pursued by the village police man Salamat. The villagers belief in better times is weak, as well as their belief in a fair God. Be it Allah or Jehova, they prefer devoting themselves to terrestrial joy. While some are managing to profit from the situation, others are getting nothing. When the rustler Taschmat is caught by the police man, the fabric of the community is put to the test and the village administrator tries to hold his village together. The tragic-comical stories deal with politics and religion, tradition and modernity, pride and honour a parable on the “good old days” and the confidence in the future. —trigon-film.org

Director

Ernest Abdyjaparov

Born in Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan in 1961, he studied at the Institute for Russian language and Culture and subsequently worked as a schoolteacher for five years. He joined Kyrgyzfilm Studios as a production manager and location manager in 1988; in the same period he also worked on a satirical film magazine named “Korogoch”. He later became an editor and assistant director and has now been working as a director since 1993. Saratan marks his debut as a feature film director. —trigon-film.org