TENGRI
synopsis
Temur, a 30-year-old Kazakh, returns full of hope to find his father in the Kyrgyz Mountains. He locates the nomad mountain village, but his father has passed away a long time ago. Temur decides to stay and meets Amira, a beautiful young woman. Temur supports Amira, realizing too late that he has fallen in love with the young married woman. Amira and Temur become lovers. When Amira´s husband returns from war, the couple is forced to leave the village. Between East and West they invent a universe where life again becomes worth living.
original title: | Tengri |
country: | France, Germany |
sales agent: | Sola Media GmbH |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | docu-fiction |
directed by: | Marie Jaoul de Poncheville |
film run: | 100' |
release date: | DE 20/08/2009, FR 28/04/2010 |
screenplay: | Azamat Kadyraliev, Marie Jaoul de Poncheville, Jean-François Goyet |
cinematography by: | Asan Imanaliev, Sylvie Carcédo |
film editing: | Catherine Quesemand |
art director: | Kassym Ismaiov |
music: | Nikolai Mrousitch, Birgit Lokke |
producer: | Emmanuel Schlumberger, Talaibek Baponov, Dieter Horres |
production: | L Films, CINE DOK GmbH, ARTE France Cinéma, Asia Karavan |
backing: | German Federal Film Board (FFA), MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg, CNC, Eurimages |
distributor: | Alpha Medienkontor GmbH |