Heaven is Beneath Mother's Feet (2024)
Beyish - Enenin tamanynda (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 2h 20min
- Drama
- 01 Mar 2024 (Kyrgyzstan)
- Movie
Adil, mentally 8-year-old, lives with elderly mother Raikhan. Believing pilgrimage to Mecca on foot ensures Raikhan's heaven entry, Adil travels across Kazakh steppe facing obstacles. Mother-son journey's hardships depicted.
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- 1 nomination.
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Cast
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Emil Esenaliev | ... |
Adil
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Anarkul Nazarkulova | ... |
Apa
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Bolot Tentimyshov |
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Directed by
| Ruslan Akun | ||
Written by
| Ruslan Akun | ... | () |
| Emil Esenaliev | ... | () |
Produced by
| Dogozhan Aktash | ... | line producer |
| Begimay Bikieva | ... | line producer |
| Bekzhan Dzhusupov | ... | line producer |
| Gamal El-Seruy | ... | line producer |
| Salamat Isabayev | ... | line producer |
| Aziza Khalbekova | ... | executive producer |
| Tugolbay Koychiev | ... | producer |
| Muzaffar Urazkulov | ... | line producer |
Music by
| Yrysbek Usmanov | ||
Cinematography by
| Kanybek Kalmatov | ||
Editing by
| Azyk Abdrakhmanov | ||
Casting By
| Yudzhin Kim | ||
Production Design by
| Elchibek Shamenov | ||
Costume Design by
| Aliya Edilova | ||
Makeup Department
| Zshasgul Sadyrova | ... | makeup artist |
Production Companies
Distributors
- AVK Pro (2024) (Russia) (theatrical)
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Storyline
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The story of 35-year-old Adil, a special person whose mental development remained at the level of an 8-year-old child. Adil lives in a small village with his 75-year-old mother, Raikhan Apa, who always tells Adil that the Almighty loves him in a special way, and therefore he will go straight to Heaven. But Adil doesn't want to go to Paradise without his mother. One day he learns from another 8-year-old boy that if he takes his mother on foot to the holy city of Mecca, then his mother can go to Heaven. |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Official submission of Kyrgyzstan for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 97th Academy Awards in 2025. See more » |