Tolomush OKEYEV
Толомуш ОКЕЕВ
Tolomouch OKEEV
USSR, 1984, 137mn 
Colour, fiction
The Descendant of the Snow Leopard
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Потомок белого барса

 

 Le Descendant du léopard blanc

 Potomok byelovo barsa

 
Directed by : Tolomush OKEYEV (Толомуш ОКЕЕВ)
Writing credits : Mar BAYJIYEV (Мар БАЙДЖИЕВ), Tolomush OKEYEV (Толомуш ОКЕЕВ)
 
Cast
Dinmukhamed AKHIMOV (Динмухаммед АХИМОВ)
Ashir CHOKUBAYEV (Ашир ЧОКУБАЕВ)
dokhdurbek KYDYRALIYEV (Дохдурбек КЫДЫРАЛИЕВ)
Aliman ZHANKOROZOVA (Алиман ЖАНКОРОЗОВА)
Marat ZHANTELIEV (Марат ЖАНТЕЛИЕВ)
Doskhan ZHOLZHAKSYNOV (Досхан ЖОЛЖАКСЫНОВ)
 
Cinematography : Nurtay BORBIYEV (Нуртай БОРБИЕВ)
Production design : Aleksey_2 MAKAROV (Алексей_2 МАКАРОВ)
Production : Kirghizfilm
 

Awards :
Silver Bear Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 1985
Prix du meilleur décor à Berlin en 1985
Premier prix de l'Union Soviétique en 1985

Plot synopsis
The Russian Descendant of the Snow Leopard is based on a famous Kirghizian folktale. Apparently the Kirghizian folks had plenty of time to tell this story: to print a full synopsis would result in a novelette. Essentially, the story involves a proud group of highland hunters called the Snow Leopards, who in order to survive a brutal winter must request help from the Lowland people. The price for this assistance is the hand of the Snow Leopard's daughter, who is promised in marriage to a wealthy Lowland trader. During the Springtime wedding celebration, the trader becomes fascinated by a stranger who wins all the athletic contests. This "male" contestant turns out to be a woman, who has arrived to seek freedom for her imprisoned husband. The subsequent romance between the trader and the beautiful stranger results in disaster and bloodshed for both the Snow Leopards and the Lowlanders. Originally titled Potomok Belongo Barssa Descendent of the Snow Leopard won a Silver Bear award for director Tolomus Okeyev at the Berlin Film Festival.
Hal Erickson, www.allmovie.com
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian or Soviet films awarded at Berlin, Cannes or Venice, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Vesoul International Asiatic Film Festival, Vesoul (France), 2009
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2005
- Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 1985