Cinema
Qirq quloq siri
Rashid Malikov · 1992
Synopsis
An elderly widower lives with his daughter and his granddaughter, a child who behaves like a tomboy. Both treat him with an everyday mockery, and he gradually loses touch with the world around him.
Context
The film is known in Russian under a title that speaks of ferns. It runs seventy-two minutes and was shot in Russian, according to the database that describes it; it was released in Uzbekistan in 1992, in Russia on 16 November 1995, then on video in the United States. The old man is played by Choukhrat Irgachev, the little girl by Ravshana Kurkova, for whom it was a first role, at the age of twelve, and who went on to a career in Russian cinema. Its director also appears in the credits.
Who it is for
In Russian, with no French version. An hour and a quarter on old age and on a man's withdrawal within his own family.
Prizes and reception
No known award. Distributed in Russia three years after its Uzbek release, it was also released across the Atlantic.
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