The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
An old man decides to find the body of his son, a Kazakh soldier who died fighting somewhere in Russia, to bury him in the land of his ancestors. Travelling across the land with his grandson, they discover the harsh reality of war. And when they finally find the coveted grave, they realise that many brothers-in-arms are buried with the soldier. Every inch of the great homeland becomes the land of our fathers, the land of the ancestors...
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Olzhas SuleymenovWriter
- Shaken AimanovDirector
- Erkegali RakhmadiyevOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Yeleubai UmurzakovGrandfather
- Murat AkhmadievBayan
- Viktor ShevtsovYegor
- Yuri PomerantsevArchaeologist
- Tamara KokovaSofya
- Viktor PerevalovOrphan
- Radner MuratovCircassian
- Yaragi ZubayrayevCast
- Lyubov MalinovskayaCast
- Amina UmurzakovaCast
- Sholpan AltaybayevaCast
- B. RutsinskiyCast
Themes
kazakhstandead bodyancestor