Director: Aktan Arym Kubat
Script: Aktan Arym Kubat, A. Adykulov, Tonino Guerra
Cinematographer: Khasan Kydyraliyev
Music: Aleksandr Yurtayev
Editor: Tilek Mambetova, Natalia Vavilkina, Natasha Wawiekina
Art Director: Dzylkycy Dzakypov, Erkin Saliyev
Sound: Bakyt Niyaraliyev
Cast: Mirlan Abdykalykov, Sergey Golovkin, Dzylykcy Dzakypov, Alexandra Mitrokhina
Production: Studio Beskhempir, Bitters End, Noé Productions
Distribution:
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France
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Year: 2001
35 mm, Colour, 98 min
OV Kyrgyz with French Subtitles
Cannes 2001 – Un Certain Regard
In a Kirgyz village, a young boy nicknamed ‘Monkey’ because of his stinking out ears, is waiting for his enlistment to join military service. He is seventeen, and along with other young men of his age, he experiences love’s first turmoils and first wounds. His daily life is painful because of his alcoholic father who ultimately pushes his mother and young sister to leave home. Stronger with this initiatory experience, ‘Monkey’ leaves his village for somewhere else...