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Adopted children -- Drama.
Kyrgyzstan -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
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Adopted children -- Drama.
Kyrgyzstan -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
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The adopted son [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Aktan Abdikalikov.
distributed exclusively in Canada by Mongrel Media, 2006.
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Subjects
Adopted children -- Drama.
Kyrgyzstan -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Series
Video Difference legacy collection.
ISBN:
1572527684 (WinStar TV & Video)
Alternate title:
Beshkempir
[videorecording (DVD)]
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Description:
1 videodisc (78 min.) : Dolby digital sd., b&w, col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1998.
A Kyrgyzstan/France co-production.
Home use only.
In Kyrgyzstani with optioanl English subtitles.
Production:
Kyrgyzfilm & Noé Productions ; screenplay by Aktan Abdykalykov, Avtandil Adykoulov, Marat Saroulum ; directed by Aktan Abdykalykov.
Performers:
Mirlan Abdykalykov, Albina Imasheva, Adir Abilkassimov, Bakit Dzhylkychiev, Mirlan Cinkozoev, Talai Mederov.
Summary:
"
Beshkempir
is an exquisitely composed and photographed child-to-man tale of a Kyrgyz villager.
Beshkempir
is just like any other kid -- playing in mud, getting into trouble, experiencing the first pangs of sexuality - until a fight with his best friend leads to the revelation that he was adopted. What sounds like a cliché takes on striking resonance here in a mostly pre-industrial society where the daily rituals are so earth-based that
Beshkempir
's request for money to see a movie comes across as an anachronism. Shot in gorgeous black and white, the film explodes into occasional bursts of color.
Beshkempir
, The Adopted Son is a rare poetic treat."--Container (Fox Lorber ed.)
Genre:
Kyrgyz films.
Foreign films.
Coming-of-age films.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Abdykalykov, Aktan, 1957-
Abdykalykov, Mirlan.
Imasheva, Albina.
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Alderney Gate Public Library
Adult Feature DVDs
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Adult Dvds-7 Days
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