The Move

  • 178'
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • 2014
Just as in his earlier work - including Song from the Southern Seas (IFFR 2009) - Kyrgyz filmmaker Marat Sarulu again demonstrates his links to traditional life in Central Asia. An old man lives with his granddaughter in a village by the river. A simple life in an imposing landscape, which Sarulu sketches in calm, meticulously composed images.
Everything changes when the mother returns from the city to fetch her father and daughter. They’ll be much better off in the city, but the house and money that the mother deems within their reach turns out to be as intangible as a dream. In this minimalist drama, Sarulu shows how heartless reality forces itself on the three of them at the edge of a rail yard.
In evoking the feeling of sorrow about the fragility of existence, the director mirrors a trend in Japanese art that is called yugen.

  • 178'
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • 2014
Director
Marat Sarulu
Country of production
Kyrgyzstan
Year
2014
Festival Edition
IFFR 2015
Length
178'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Köch
Language
Kyrgyz
Producers
Marat Sarulu, Gulmira Kerimova
Production Companies
Mandala Films Company, Studio Kyrgyzfilm
Sales
Mandala Films Company
Screenplay
Marat Sarulu
Cinematography
Boris Troshev
Editor
Gani Kudaibergen
Production Design
Shailoobek Jekshenbaev
Sound Design
Murat Ajiev
Music
Alexander Yurtaev
Cast
Sagyndyk Makekadyrov
Director
Marat Sarulu
Country of production
Kyrgyzstan
Year
2014
Festival Edition
IFFR 2015
Length
178'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Köch
Language
Kyrgyz
Producers
Marat Sarulu, Gulmira Kerimova
Production Companies
Mandala Films Company, Studio Kyrgyzfilm
Sales
Mandala Films Company
Screenplay
Marat Sarulu
Cinematography
Boris Troshev
Editor
Gani Kudaibergen
Production Design
Shailoobek Jekshenbaev
Sound Design
Murat Ajiev
Music
Alexander Yurtaev
Cast
Sagyndyk Makekadyrov