Tengri: Blue Heavens

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This is a love story set in the steppes of Central Asia of today. Temür a thirty year old Kazakh decides to start life again in his ancestral village in the Kyrghyz Mountains. He discovers soon after his arrival that he is a misfit in this settlement of old conservative Islamic men,some women and children. The only ray of hope for him is Amira a young married woman who waits in frustration for her absentee husband - a Mujahideen. Temur watches sorrowfully as the individual village stories unfold at the same as he tries to help the community out in any way he can. In this way he comes closer to Amira and Taib, her young brother-in-law. In a dead end situation the lovers decide to leave the settlement and travel to a place that would hold out with their dreams. Written by Mira Tanna-Händel

Country:

France,

Germany,

Kyrgyz Republic

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

96 minutes

Year:

2008

Director:

Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville

Cast:
Albina Imasheva

Amira

Elim Kalmouratov

Témür

Hélène Patarot

Raissa

Taalai Abazova

Uljan

Aibek Midin Uulu

Taib

Crew:
Azamat Kadyraliev

Writer

Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville

Director

Birgit Løkke

Original Music Composer

Sylvie Carcedo

Cinematography

Assan Imanaliev

Cinematography