Lyrical drama about the last pre-war summer of three sisters who came to her grandmother in the village. The world appears to them is a huge and beautiful “garden of desires”, all eagerly awaiting the birth of Asi, which does not leave a premonition of impending disaster.Read More »
Synopsis from the Siskel Film Center:
“Circa 1920, a young Red Army officer with a keen enthusiasm to launch his native village into the modern age issues a decree that women are to abandon Islamic garb and drop their veils. A 14-year-old girl takes the first step with tragic and unforeseen consequences, and yet the officer continues to pressure his reluctant wife to lead the other women into compliance, a move that will throw the village into revolt. Co-written by Andrei Konchalovsy, WITHOUT FEAR sensitively portrays the dilemma of an ancient culture in conflict with an alien bureaucracy.”Read More »
Triptych is the story of three women: an illiterate girl who wants to build a house, a school teacher representing authority who goes to a northern Uzbekistan village where traditions and strict Moslem practices have kept the people subjugated, and an old woman kidnapped in her youth by a poor peasant thereby making her his property.Read More »
A young Uzbekistani man, whose widower father was a drunkard, finally finds the grown-up mentoring he craves when his father dies and he meets an old man who teaches him about the necessity of resisting tyranny. ~ Clarke Fountain, RoviRead More »