Tengri (2008)

Tengri: Blue Heavens

This is a love story set in the steppes of Central Asia of today. Temür a thirty year old Kazakh decides to start life again in his ancestral village in the Kyrghyz Mountains. He discovers soon after his arrival that he is a misfit in this settlement of old conservative Islamic men,some women and children. The only ray of hope for him is Amira a young married woman who waits in frustration for her absentee husband - a Mujahideen. Temur watches sorrowfully as the individual village stories unfold at the same as he tries to help the community out in any way he can. In this way he comes closer to Amira and Taib, her young brother-in-law. In a dead end situation the lovers decide to leave the settlement and travel to a place that would hold out with their dreams. Written by Mira Tanna-Händel

Tengri

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Albina Imasheva
Albina Imasheva
as Amira
Elim Kalmouratov
Elim Kalmouratov
as Témür
Hélène Patarot
Hélène Patarot
as Raissa
Taalai Abazova
Taalai Abazova
as Uljan
Aibek Midin Uulu
Aibek Midin Uulu
as Taib
Nikolai Marousitch
Nikolai Marousitch
as Erofei
Busurman Odurakaev
Busurman Odurakaev
as Shamshi

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Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville
Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville
Director
Chinghiz Aitmatov
Chinghiz Aitmatov
Story
Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville
Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville
Writer
Jean-François Goyet
Jean-François Goyet
Writer
Azamat Kadyraliev
Azamat Kadyraliev
Writer
Birgit Løkke
Birgit Løkke
Original Music Composer
Sylvie Carcedo
Sylvie Carcedo
Cinematography
Assan Imanaliev
Assan Imanaliev
Cinematography
Catherine Quesemand
Catherine Quesemand
Editor
Nikolai Marousitch
Nikolai Marousitch
Original Music Composer

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