THE HORSE THIEVES. ROADS OF TIME

UAQYT ZHOLDARY

By Yerlan NURMUKHAMBETOV, Lisa TAKEBA

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Drama - Completed 2019

Foothills of Tian Shan. Gangsters murder a father of a young family and steal the herd of horses that belonged to the village. To compensate the debts the family sells the house and move. On their way they collapse with gangsters.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan - BIFF/APM 2019
OPENING FILM
Tokyo - TiffCom 2019
SPECIAL SCREENING
Goteborg International Film Festival 2020
Five Continents
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama, Road movie, Family
    • Countries
    • KAZAKHSTAN, JAPAN
    • Languages
    • KAZAKH
    • Duration
    • 83 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Yerlan NURMUKHAMBETOV, Lisa TAKEBA
    • Writer(s)
    • Yerlan NURMUKHAMBETOV
    • Producer(s)
    • Julia KIM (EAST WIND), Shozo ICHIYAMA, Hikaru KINOUCHI (TOKYO NEW CINEMA)
    • Synopsis
    • Olzhas (12 y.o.) is an older son in a family that lives on the foothills of Tian Shan. A gang of horse thieves lead his father to a dead end, kill him and steal the herd of horses that belonged to the village. To compensate the debts the family sells the house and move. Desperate mother asks an old friend Kairat to help her. Olzhas and Kairat get close very fast. On their way they collapse with gangsters.