89 minutes of patriarchy getting dismantled brick by brick. Kyrgyzstan's quiet revolution screams.
Based on true events, several stories about disempowerment of women, are closely intertwined, affecting to each other's, unfolding against the background of the traditional, patriarchal society of modern-day Kyrgyzstan ultimately result in a series of tragic outcomes. The realities of modern-day Kyrgyzstan, despite the status of a "secular state", are violence, hypocrisy, and widespread infringement of the rights of women who are stay a socially unprotected part of the population. Under the conditions of aggressive propaganda of both patriarchal and radical, religious ideology, the ideas of feminism in Kyrgyzstan are equated with the popularization of LGBTQ communities, are openly criticized and the justice system, in most cases, takes the side of murderers and rapists.
Direction
Two directors, one unflinching gaze at interconnected suffering.
Writing
True stories woven like a noose tightening scene by scene.
Acting
Non-professionals? You'd never know—these faces carry ancestral weight.
Director
Erke Dzhumakmatova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kyrgyzstan's 'ala kachuu' (bride kidnapping) tradition still affects 1 in 5 marriages, yet this film connects ancient custom to modern state violence.
The directors used real locations and non-actors from affected communities—some crew members had personally experienced the film's events.
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