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Mariam (2019)
Directed by Sharipa Urazbayeva
Drama · 1h 15m
In a remote village on the Kazakh steppe, Mariam lives with her husband and four young children in a home without light or water. One winter day, her husband disappears. Without a body, he cannot be declared dead and Mariam is unable to receive state financial support. A very reserved person who buries her emotions, she must face survival of her family on her own in the harsh, rural winter. Inspired by actual events in Mariam's life, who portrays herself in a film that blurs documentary and drama as it paints her life's mundane details.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Sharipa Urazbayeva
- Screenplay
- Sharipa Urazbayeva
- Director of Photography
- Samat Sharipov
- Editor
- Farhat Mametkurbanov
- Producer
- Sharipa Urazbayeva, Anna Katchko
Details
- Release date
- 2019-08-16
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- KK
- Spoken languages
- Kazakh
- Countries
- Kazakhstan
- Production
- Star.KZ Tandem Production, Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan