Baikonur

Sep 1, 2011

1h 35m

★ 5.5

Overview

“Whatever falls from heaven, you may keep.” So goes the unwritten law of the Kazakh steppes. A law avidly adhered to by the inhabitants of a small village, who collect the space debris that falls downrange from the nearby Baikonur space station. The last two youthful members of the village are the radio operator Iskander, known as Gagarin, and the spirited Nazira. While Nazira finds it increasing difficult to conceal her love for Iskander by means of her unconventional behaviour, Iskander is evidently not only crazy about Baikonur and the vastness of outer space, but also deeply smitten with the beautiful French astronaut Julie Mahé, whose journey to the stars he wistfully follows on television.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Veit Helmer-Filmproduktion

CTB Film Company

Star.KZ Tandem Production

Eurasia Film Production

ARTE

RBB

Baikonur Trailers

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Cast

Iskander 'Gagarin' Orinbekov

Alexander Asochakov

Julie Mahé

Marie de Villepin

Nazira

Sitora Farmonova

Baikonur Chef (voice)

Waléra Kanischtscheff

Roscosmos-Boss

Yevgeniy Yefremov

Timur

Nurlan Abilov

Adylgey

Muchit Izimov

Agai

Sayat Merekeuly

One-eyed Enemy

Yessim Seghizbayev

Russian Cosmonaut

Oleg Poltoratskikh

Kazakh Cosmonaut

Berik Aytzhanov

German Cosmonaut

Michael Müller

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