Tulpan (2008)

Director:

Sergei Dvortsevoy

Writers:

Sergei Dvortsevoy (writer)
Gennadi Ostrovsky (writer)

Release Date:

4 March 2009 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

On the steppes of Kazakhstan, Asa lives in a yurt with his sister Samal, her husband Ondas, and their three children...

Plot Keywords:

Stillbirth | Herding | Veterinarian | Breast Obsession | Kazakhstan

Awards:

12 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Tolepbergen Baisakalov
Ondas Besikbasov	...	Ondas
Samal Esljamova	...	Samal
Askhat Kuchencherekov	...	Askhat
Bereke Turganbayev

Also Known As:

Tulpan (Poland)

Runtime:

France:100 min | USA:100 min | Argentina:100 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Country:

Germany | Kazakhstan | Poland | Russia | Switzerland

Language:

Kazakh | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | Hong Kong:IIA | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:Atp | UK:12A | Australia:M | Ireland:12A

Filming Locations:

Kazakhstan

Company:

Pallas Film

Trivia:

Kazakhstan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category.

Soundtrack:

Rivers of Babylon

It's a realistic poetry of Kazakh steppe

Funny, real, reach, sad and inspiring! I was really shocked watching this movie! There are not many movies in Post-Soviet space, which can show us birth of a new creature with such a courage. The delivery scene of the film, which is a culmination of a film is a catharsis creating moment.

The dialogs and monologues are great. I watched the film in Rissian and the dialogs were the brilliant reflection of folksy mind, always practical, straight but magic at the same time. The best monologue of the former sailor, who is the leading star, opens the film.

The scenery is great. The space of a film is very informative. There are many little details that tell us about the steppe life without any words, such as steppe tractor, which is decorated with glued naked women's pictures, radio set, which the shepherd's son always keeps in his hands and many other.

And the message of the film which brings the leading star, who is impetuous and reckless at the beginning of the film, but later on he becomes wiser, is very simple and traditional. You can build castles in the air as long as you want, but to build them on the land you should make many little steps every day. And to reach a goal you should be not only persistent but adaptable and be capable to forgive your nearest and dearest.