One of the joys of world cinema is that it opens your eyes to places and people that you might otherwise have never encountered. In an age where we can be connected to anyone at any time in any place, it’s surprisingly easy to still overlook films from smaller countries. Fortunately, through festivals like the All Asian Independent Film Festival, hidden gems such as “The Road to Eden” have less chance of flying under the radar. Directed by Bakyt Mukul and Dastan Zhapar Uulu, the film is a beautiful ode to Kyrgyzstan and to the country’s lost traditions.
“The Road to Eden” Screened at the All Asian Independent Film Festival
Kubat Aliev (Marat Alyshpaev) lives a solitary existence pining for a life that is no longer possible. The ageing author hopes to pass on his romanticism for national heritage to his protégé, Sapar (Busurman Odurakaev), who is battling with a potentially fatal illness.
“The Road to Eden” Screened at the All Asian Independent Film Festival
Kubat Aliev (Marat Alyshpaev) lives a solitary existence pining for a life that is no longer possible. The ageing author hopes to pass on his romanticism for national heritage to his protégé, Sapar (Busurman Odurakaev), who is battling with a potentially fatal illness.
- 11/29/2021
- by Tom Wilmot
- AsianMoviePulse
The world revolving around the rat race for the material goods and carnal pleasures could not possibly stand heroes. Even goodness and humaneness is under a huge question mark, as it seems useless and foolish. An old, retired writer just wants to help in Bakyt Mukul’s and Dastan Zhapar Uulu’s second feature film “The Road to Eden” that competed at Tallinn Black Nights.
” The Road to Eden” screened at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
When we first meet Kurbat Aliev, he seems like a regular retiree, a man of few words who just wants to spend his autumn years in the peace that he deserved. His apartment is located in a brutalist building from the Soviet times, in a residential area of Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, his furniture and appliances are probably also from the same period, and so is the memorabilia. The only thing that gives him...
” The Road to Eden” screened at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
When we first meet Kurbat Aliev, he seems like a regular retiree, a man of few words who just wants to spend his autumn years in the peace that he deserved. His apartment is located in a brutalist building from the Soviet times, in a residential area of Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, his furniture and appliances are probably also from the same period, and so is the memorabilia. The only thing that gives him...
- 12/1/2020
- by Marko Stojiljković
- AsianMoviePulse
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