Ermek Tursunov

The Old Man

Ermek Tursunov

Erbulat Toguzakov, Ordynbek Moldakhan

This is a survival story - a Hemingway's 'Old Man and the Sea' as if written for our days.

Kelin

Ermek Tursunov

Gulsharat Zhubyeva, Turakhan Sadykova

A woman is led by her family to her new husband's home, to live with, presumably, his elderly mother and younger brother. Despite being forced into the marriage, she discovers that he is not such a bad catch after all but domestic bliss does not last long.

Жат

Ermek Tursunov

Mikhail Karpov, Kuandyk Kystykbayev

Orphaned by the brutal Soviet collectivization campaign of the 1930s, a young Kazakh boy takes to the mountains and lives amongst a pack of wolves.

Kenzhe

Ermek Tursunov

Zhandos Aibassov, Eduard Ondar

A drama about two orphan brothers who leave their home village and try to survive in big city.

Шыракшы (Хранитель света)

Ermek Tursunov

After the end of World War II, young Kazakh soldier saves an old German civilian from death. The old man gives him a bag with the most valuable thing that he has - a portable projector and some films. 30 years later the former soldier becomes a legendary figure. He travels to small distant villages and pastures to show films. But professional cinema theaters come to big and small cities replacing the soldier who moves to more remote villages.