The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
In a remote Kyrgyz village, Beshkempir, an infant foundling, is taken in by five older women and later adopted by a couple unable to bear children of their own. Fast forward to his early teenage years, a pubescent Beshkempir is faced with all the problems of crushing on girls and courtship, reconciling with friends and dealing with death in the family. Above all he questions his place in the world as an adoptee.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Aktan Arym KubatDirector
- Nurlan NishanovOriginal Music Composer
- Avtandil AdikulovWriter
- Marat SaruluWriter
- Aktan Arym KubatWriter
Cast
- Mirlan AbdykalykovBeshkempir
- Adir AbilkassimovCast
- Mirlan CinkozoevCast
- Bakit DzhylkychievCast
- Albina ImashevaAynura
- Talai MederovCast