Abel (Kazakhstan) + Q&A
Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan
Year: 2024
Duration: 120 min
Director: Elzat Eskendir
Language(s): Kazakh
Subtitles: English
Producer: Serik Abishev, Sergey Azimov, Yerlan Bekkozhin
Principal Cast: Yerlan Toleutay, Nurzhan Beksultanova, Kaisar Deputat, Inzhu Abdibek, Alikhan Lepesbay, Ulan Nusipali
Synopsis:
Almaty Region, 1993. As the Soviet Union collapses and the old state farms are privatized, Abel, a shepherd who has tended the collective’s flocks for forty years, is left with almost nothing, while the new bosses and their allies divide up the livestock and land among themselves. Proud and stubborn, Abel refuses to give in, even as drinking, old grudges and injustice tear at his family and the village around him. When tragedy strikes, he must decide what he is still willing to fight for. A quiet, unsentimental drama about dignity and a way of life disappearing along with an empire.
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