Bakhtyar KHUDOINAZAROV
Бахтиер ХУДОЙНАЗАРОВ
Bakhtier KHOUDOINAZAROV
USSR, 1991, 93mn 
Black and white, fiction
Bratan
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Братан

 

 Brother

 Bratan, le frère

 
Directed by : Bakhtyar KHUDOINAZAROV (Бахтиер ХУДОЙНАЗАРОВ)
Writing credits : Bakhtyar KHUDOINAZAROV (Бахтиер ХУДОЙНАЗАРОВ), Leonid MAKHKAMOV (Леонид МАХКАМОВ)
 
Cast
N. ARIFOVA (Н. АРИФОВА) ...Nelia
Firus SASALIYEV (Фирус САСАЛИЕВ) ...Farukh
I. TABAROVA (И. ТАБАРОВА) ...Nelia
Timur TURSUNOV (Тимур ТУРСУНОВ) ...Azamat
 
Cinematography : Georgi ZHLIYEV (Георгий ЖЛИЕВ)
Production design : Nigmat DJURAEV (Нигмат ДЖУРАЕВ)
Music : Akhmad BAKAEV (Ахмад БАКАЕВ)
Sound : Rustam AKHADOV (Рустам АХАДОВ)
Companies : Soyouztelefilm, Tadjikfilm
 

Awards :
Prix de la Critique Internationale et Prix de l’Office Catholique du Cinéma au Festival de Mannheim
Prix Spécial du Jury, Prix du Public au Festival des Trois Continents à Nantes
Prix Trigon Film au Festival de Fribourg
Prix du Public au Festival de Belfort
Grand prix au Festival de Turin.

Plot synopsis
Bachtiyar Hudoynazarov's lyrical road movie follows two brothers - 17-year-old Farrukh and 7-year-old Azamat - on a journey by cargo train in search of their father. When they finally reach him, he doesn't even recognize them. The film is about as inventive and exhilarating as the genre gets, managing a touching character study as well as a sensitively drawn portrait-in-motion of makeshift life in modern Tadjikistan. The country seems to be on the edge of falling apart as the brothers draw closer together. A uniquely touching film, made by a young director with a feel for the wonders in everyday life.
Source : www.seagullfilms.com
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Venice International Film Festival, Venice (Italy), 2022
- Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 1992