Steppe Express
(Stepnoi express)
by Amanzhol Aitouarov
Kazakhstan
Directors: Amanzhol Aitouarov, Satybaldy Narymbetov
Script: Odelcha Aguichev, Kouat Ahmetov
Cinematographer: H. Kydraliev
Sound: Andrey Vlaznev
Music: A. Sagatov
Cast: Aizhan Aitenova, François Labbé, T. Kuanyshev, Bolat Kalymbetov
Production: Kazakhfilm
Year: 2005
35 mm, Colour, 90 min
OV kazakh with French Subtitles
A railway line guard and his daughter Saoule are living in a small house by the railway station, in the middle of the Kazakh steppe. Etienne, a young French man travelling through the country, accidentally reaches this remote station, lost in the middle of nowhere. At first Etienne is recalcitrant, but he gradually tries to cope with the situation, adapting himself to the small family which welcomes him.
