SONGS FROM THE SOUTHERN SEAS
by Marat Sarulu
synopsis
Ivan is Russian, his neighbour Assan is Kazakh. They live in a small village in Kazakhstan. When Ivan’s wife gets pregnant and gives birth to a brown boy, he suspects that she has been cheating on him with Assan. Half a year later, Assan’s wife gives birth to a ginger boy. Whom betrayed whom? A conflict is sparked that won’t fully rest for 15 years.
international title: | Songs from the southern seas |
original title: | Songs from the southern seas |
country: | Germany, Kazakhstan, Russia, France |
year: | 2007 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Marat Sarulu |
screenplay: | Marat Sarulu |
cast: | Irina Ageikina, Aijan Aitenova, Jaidarbek Kunghuzhinov, Yuri Obukhov, Vladimir Yavorsky |
producer: | Sain Gabdullin, Karsten Stöter, Benny Drechsel, Yuri Obukhov, Guilliaume de Seille |
production: | Rohfilm GmbH, Arizona Films Productions, Kino Company (KZ), Kinoproba (RU) |
backing: | World Cinema Fund, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Fonds Sud |