This is a love story set in the steppes of Central Asia of today. Temür a thirty year old Kazakh decides to start life again in his ancestral village in the Kyrghyz Mountains. He discovers soon after his arrival that he is a misfit in this settlement of old conservative Islamic men,some women and children. The only ray of hope for him is Amira a young married woman who waits in frustration for her absentee husband - a Mujahideen. Temur watches sorrowfully as the individual village stories unfold at the same as he tries to help the community out in any way he can. In this way he comes closer to Amira and Taib, her young brother-in-law. In a dead end situation the lovers decide to leave the settlement and travel to a place that would hold out with their dreams. Written by Mira Tanna-Händel
Directed by Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville
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Cast
Albina Imasheva
Amira
Ilim Kalmuratov
Témür
Hélène Patarot
Raissa
Taalai Abazova
Uljan
Aibek Midin Uulu
Taib
Nikolai Marousitch
Erofei
Busurman Odurakaev
Shamshi
Askat Soulaimanov
Askar
Tabyldy Aktanov
Mansur
Almanbiet Tabildi Uulu
Askar's Son
Docturkan Diouichenalieva
Naima
Bermet Omourova
Yesugen
Kanat Mamyrkanov
Oljar
Chakan Abdrahmanova
Amira's Mother
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