My Brother Silk Road (2002)
The Great Silk Road is the name for a mountain trade route now identifiable only by train tracks; it is on these tracks that our film finds four children at play, not far from their Kirghizstan village. A train meanders down the mountain and, following an argument, an artist is unceremoniously thrown-off a carriage and (so) eventually encounters the children.
Director: Marat Sarulu
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Busurman Odurakaev as The artist |
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Tynara Abdrazaeva as The controller |
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Mukanbet Toktobaev as The husband |
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Kabatai Kyzy Elmira as The young woman |
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Tamlay Imanaliev as Child |
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Urmat Samudunov as Child |
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Japarkul Kyzy Jarkinai as Child |
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Shayilda Jirgalbek as |
| Directing | Marat Sarulu | Director |
| Writing | Marat Sarulu | Writer |
| Production | Sain Gabdullin | Producer |
| Sound | Baktybek Alisherov | Music |
| Art | Shailobek Djekshenbaev | Production Design |
| Editing | Tilek Mambetova | Editor |
| Camera | Kadyrzhan Kydyraliyev | Director of Photography |