Returnee oralman / Оралман

KAZAKHSTAN
2016, 93 MIN.

Director Sabit Kurmanbekov
Script Nurlan Sanzhar, Sabit Kurmanbekov
Camera Mars Umarov
Art Director Rustam Odinayev
Music Aidos Sagatov
Cast: Dulyga Akmolda, Esim Segizbayev, Bayan Kazhnabieva, Dinara Dairova
Producer Erzhan Akhmetov
Production Kazakhfilm, JSC

Saparkul and his family have returned to their historical motherland – Kazakhstan. All the challenges are in the past, what lies ahead is a bright cloudless life in the land of their ancestors at the Toretam station. Saparkul’s father, Bazarbay, have an indistinct memory of his motherland. He was just a baby when he left it, now when he got back he’s already a very old man. He understands how difficult it will be for his children and grandkids who grew up in a foreign land, to naturalize. On their way Bazarbay decides to tell them about Kazakhstan, and just before he dies, he makes his son promise: whatever happens, they will never go back. However, Saparkul not only keeps the promise, but singlehandedly builds a mosque.

SABIT KURMANBEKOV
Director, scriptwriter, art director and actor. Born in 1960 in Chubar village in Taldykorgan region, USSR. He graduated from Alma-Ata Art School and VGIK. He is an art director of such films as “One and a Half” (1987), “The Last Stop” (1989), “Surzhekei – Angel of Death” (1991), “Cardiogram” (1995), “Aksuat” (1998), “Three Brothers” (2000), etc. Director of live-action films “Turmoil” (2008), “Seker” (2009), etc. He also directed the documentary film “Nomads’ Camp” (1999).

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