Tulpan

After completing his naval service, young Asa travels back to the Kazakh steppe where his sister and her shepherd husband live a nomadic life. To start his new life, eager Asa must get married first before he can become a shepherd himself. Asa’s only hope for marriage on the deserted steppe is Tulpan, the daughter of another shepherd family. Poor Asa is disappointed to learn that Tulpan doesn’t like him because she thinks that his ears are too big. But Asa doesn’t give up and he continues to dream of a life that may not be possible on the steppe...

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Script: Sergey Dvortsevoy, Gennadij Ostrovskiy

Cinematography: Jolanta Dylewska

Editing: Isabel Meier, Petar Markovic

Sound: Eric Tisserand, Williams

Actors: Askhat Kuchinchirekov (Asa), Samal Yeslyamova (Samal), Ondasyn Besikbasov (Ondas), Tulepbergen Baisakalov (Boni), Zhappas Dzhailaubaev (Brigadeleader)

Production: Pandora Film Produktion & Cobra Film & Kaz Export Cinema & Film Company Slovo & CTB Filmproduction & Filmcontract Ltd. & Pallas Film.

Producers: Karl Baumgartner

Production Design: Roger Martin

Format: 35mm Color

Production Country: Germany, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Russia, Poland

Production Year: 2008

Duration: 100

Distribution in Greece: RosebudT. +30 210 6786505F. +30 210 6755067fint@odeon.gr

Contact: The Match Factory GmbH, GermanyT. +49 221 539 709-0F. +49 221 539 709-10info@matchfactory.dewww.the-match-factory.com

Sergey Dvortsevoy

He was born in Chimkent, Kazakhstan. His nine-year career in aviation engineering ended when he arbitrarily applied to and attended Moscow’s Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VKIG). He has directed four critically acclaimed documentary films. Tulpan, which won the “Un Certain Regard Prize” at this year’s Cannes FF, is his first feature film.