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Kurak (2025)
Directed by Erke Dzhumakmatova, Emil Atageldijev
“The best of you are those who are best to their women.”
Drama · 1h 29m
Based on true events, several stories about disempowerment of women, are closely intertwined, affecting to each other's, unfolding against the background of the traditional, patriarchal society of modern-day Kyrgyzstan ultimately result in a series of tragic outcomes. The realities of modern-day Kyrgyzstan, despite the status of a "secular state", are violence, hypocrisy, and widespread infringement of the rights of women who are stay a socially unprotected part of the population. Under the conditions of aggressive propaganda of both patriarchal and radical, religious ideology, the ideas of feminism in Kyrgyzstan are equated with the popularization of LGBTQ communities, are openly criticized and the justice system, in most cases, takes the side of murderers and rapists.
Cast
Begaiym Asanakunova
Ainura Kachkynbek Kyzy
Aliman Ryspekova
Amangeldy Abdrahmanov
Atai Omurbekov
Crew
- Director
- Erke Dzhumakmatova, Emil Atageldijev
- Writer
- Erke Dzhumakmatova
- Editor
- Nurdoolot Tashmatov
- Producer
- Pavel Feldman, Katerina Tarbo-Ignatenko, Kairat Birimkulov, Milos Djukelic, Erke Dzhumakmatova
Details
- Original title
- Курак
- Release date
- 2025-09-21
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- KY
- Spoken languages
- Kirghiz
- Countries
- Kyrgyz Republic, Luxembourg, France, Russia, Italy, Serbia, Netherlands, Switzerland
- Production
- OYMO Studio, Human Films, Girelle Production, Revolver, Red Production, Deal Productions, Kairat Birimkulov Production, Spirito Libero