The read
It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
In a remote Kyrgyz village, Dzhamilya follows her parents' orders when she marries a man without loving him. Then World War II breaks out and her new husband has to leave the village. While being alone, Dzhamiliya meets the returning soldier Daniyar and falls in love with him instead. Years later, their young friend Seid reminisces about the couple.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
28 audience votes
Key crew
- Irina PoplavskayaDirector
- Chinghiz AitmatovWriter
- Nikolai SidelnikovOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Natalya ArinbasarovaDzhamilya
- Suimenkul ChokmorovDaniyar
- Nasreddin DubashevSeit
- Aliman DzhangorozovaMother
- Altynbek KenzhekovSadyk
- Bolot BeyshenalievArtist
- Nasyr KitayevBrigadier Orozmat
- Chinghiz AitmatovNarrator (voice)
- Mukhtar BakhtygereevOsmon
- Dzhumash SydykbekovaCast
Stills
Themes
husband wife relationshipbased on novel or booklove triangleworld war iimountainautobiographyengagementloveblack and whitewoman directororientalkyrgyzstan