Burst

Jan 28, 2010

1h 28m

★ 5.0

Perseverance and work are fundamental to success

Overview

A drama about messed up athlete who tries to regain his career.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Kazakhfilm Studios

Burst Trailers

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Cast

Uncle Dima

Gosha Kutsenko

Makpal

Assel Sadvakassova

Zhan Baizhanbayev

Kanat

Arstan Myrzagereev

Coach

Murat Bissenbin

Taxi driver

Grigori Epstein

Nurik's girlfriend

Karlygash Mukhamedzhanova

Nurik

Nazim Khairov

Sharabayev

Timur Balbaev

Kanat's dad

Amanzhol Aituarov

Kanat's mother

Gulnara Dusmatova

Kanat's sister

Saltanat Bakaeva

An old man decides to find the body of his son, a Kazakh soldier who died fighting somewhere in Russia, to bury him in the land of his ancestors. Travelling across the land with his grandson, they discover the harsh reality of war. And when they finally find the coveted grave, they realise that many brothers-in-arms are buried with the soldier. Every inch of the great homeland becomes the land of our fathers, the land of the ancestors...

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