Cinema
Moxov qiz
Oleg Frelikh · 1928
Synopsis
Turkestan under tsarist administration. Tillaoy, young and naive, daughter of an interpreter, is married into a rich family to a brutal man who neglects her. She goes to seek help from a Russian colonel, whose son seduces her. Her husband drives her out and drags her before a religious court that he has bought; her family flees, and the young woman finds herself alone on the roads.
Context
The screenplay is by a woman, Lolaxon Sayfullina, who adapted a French novel by Ferdinand Duchêne, Kamir, subtitled roman d'une femme arabe, and moved its action from Algeria to Turkestan: from a story between an Algerian woman and a French officer, she made that of a young Uzbek woman promised by custom. The film was made by Uzbekgoskino and shot in the Fergana region; the leading role is played by Rahil Messerer. The director readily uses symbols, such as this talisman superimposed on the balls of a billiard table, which the future husband breaks with a single stroke.
Who it is for
Silent, about an hour long, with Russian intertitles. It is better to know that the film belongs to the first dramas of female destiny shot in Uzbekistan, and that its title refers to the heroine.
Prizes and reception
Shown in 2024 at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival, in a retrospective organised with the National Film Fund of Uzbekistan.
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