Cinema
Okhlamon
Eduard Redjepov · 1993
Synopsis
Aman inherits his love of dogs from his father. An orphan, raised by his grandfather, he loses as a child the dog he loved: an escaped prisoner whom the old man had put up for the night causes its death. Now a driver on the kolkhoz, simple and clumsy, followed everywhere by a white puppy, he gets into stories, sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, because of his passion, and the village nicknames him the simpleton, or the man of the dogs.
Context
The film is based on a short story by A. Tagan, “Why dogs whine at night”; the screenplay is co-written by the director and Vladimir Motyl. Produced by Turkmenfilm, the Rolan Bykov foundation, the Investbank of Turkmenistan and the Nusaý cinema and television centre, it brings together Turkmen performers and well-known Russian actors, including Semion Farada, Alexandre Pankratov-Tchiorny and Valeri Zolotoukhine. Screened out of competition at the Smolensk festival in 2004, it was successful enough for the screening to be repeated.
Who it is for
Ninety-seven minutes, in Russian; a village tragicomedy that gradually darkens.
Prizes and reception
Prize for best supporting actress at the Sozvezdie festival in 1994 and prize for directing at the Brigantina festival in 1999; a major film of the region, according to Gulnara Abikeeva.