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Suleiman Mountain

Suleiman Gora

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Directed by Elizaveta Stishova
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, 2017
Drama

Synopsis

After his long-lost son is suddenly thrust back into his life, charismatic con artist Karabas takes to the road with his two wives, swindling everyone they encounter along their path. But Uluk soon disagrees with this lifestyle, forcing Karabas to choose between fatherhood and his scheming ways.

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Awards & Festivals

Toronto International Film Festival

2017

San Francisco International Film Festival

2018

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

2018 | 2 wins including: East of the West Award

Seattle International Film Festival

2018

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Cast & Crew

Articles from the Notebook

Duty to Love: Close-Up on Elizaveta Stishova’s “Suleiman Mountain”

In her debut, Russian director Elizaveta Stishova journeys to mountainous Osh, Kyrgyzstan to explore the most unconventional of families.
Naomi Keenan O'Shea
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Critics reviews

Though still confined by the larger dictates of their gender roles and class, Uluk and Zhipara’s relationship is the film’s most uplifting (and perishable) rebuttal to the systems of patriarchy that disempower women and children by denying them their capacity to love.
August 19, 2019
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It works best when it’s giving us an unvarnished look at the uneasy coexistence of the mystical, superstitious past with the venal, grasping present, and the hardscrabble lives of the modern Kyrgyz underclass, as captured in Tudor Vladimir Panduru’s understatedly gritty camerawork. It is less successful tracking the rather soap-operatic interactions between the makeshift family.
July 14, 2018
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Enlivened by offbeat humour and vibrant widescreen images reflecting the rugged beauty of this wild Central Asian nation, SULEIMAN MOUNTAIN is the first feature from Russian filmmaker Elizaveta Stishova.
July 01, 2018
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