Tengri: Blue Heavens

Jul 10, 2008

1h 36m

★ 5.5

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

Romance

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Cast

Amira

Albina Imasheva

Témür

Ilim Kalmuratov

Raissa

Hélène Patarot

Uljan

Taalai Abazova

Taib

Aibek Midin Uulu

Erofei

Nikolai Marousitch

Shamshi

Busurman Odurakaev

Askar

Askat Soulaimanov

Mansur

Tabyldy Aktanov

Askar's Son

Almanbiet Tabildi Uulu

Naima

Docturkan Diouichenalieva

Yesugen

Bermet Omourova

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