Archive of films Wedding Chest / Sunduk predkov

Russia / Kyrgyzstan / France / Germany
2006, 104 min

Section: East of the West - Competition
Year: 2006

Now settled in Paris, Ajdar’s family contacts him and summons him to his native village in Kirghizia, however, he has no idea how difficult it will be to introduce his French girlfriend Isabelle to his relatives as his bride-to-be. Traditional notions and customs come into irreconcilable conflict with the European way of thinking.


Synopsis

Ajdar, originally from a Kirghiz ail near lake Issyk-kul, has been working in Paris for years, where he now lives with his attractive French girlfriend Isabelle. After repeated requests from his family to come and visit, he sets off with her for his native country, however, he has no idea of the difficulties which lie ahead. While he has become a European, his relatives and neighbours uphold a traditional way of life. They anticipate that Ajdar, too, continues to respect this life, while his mother thinks it’s time he got married. She has already prepared a wedding chest, a trousseau with gifts, for his prospective bride. Thus Ajdar passes off the innocent Isabelle merely as a female friend. Isabelle, relying solely on his translation, unwittingly assumes the role assigned to her. Bewitched by the beauty of this exotic environment and the landscape, she is quite unaware of the depths of Ajdar’s dilemma. But the moment is approaching when both of them will have to resolve the tough issue of their national and cultural identity and weigh up the value of their mutual rewards and losses.

About the director

Nurbek Egen

Nurbek Egen (b. 1975, Osh region, Kirghizia) graduated from the Institute of Art in Bishkek and subsequently studied direction at VGIK (1999). After his college film One Day Older (Na dyen starshe, 1997) and his degree film Closed Space (Zakryty kosmos, 1999), he made the documentary Sanzhyra (2001 – screened in competition at the KV IFF). He then directed a number of TV series: The Late Supper (Pozdny uzhin, 2001–02), Villises. Brides (Villisy. Nyevesty, 2002), Secret Sign 2. The Master’s Return (Tayny znak 2. Vozvrashcheniye khozyayina, 2003). The coproduction film The Wedding Chest  is his feature debut. He is currently filming the TV series The Network (Set).

Contacts

Mact Productions
27, rue de Fleurus, 75006, Paris
France
Tel: +33 1 454 910 10
Fax: +33 1 454 930 60
E-mail: [email protected]

Kinoglaz
Krasnopresnenskaya nab. 1/2 - 129, 123100, Moscow
Russia
Tel: +7 495 205 0658
Fax: +7 495 205 0658
E-mail: [email protected]

About the film

Color, 35 mm
International premiere

Section: East of the West - Competition
   
Director: Nurbek Egen
Screenplay: Jekatěrina Tirdatova / Ekaterina Tirdatova
Dir. of Photography: Dmitrij Jermakov / Dmitry Ermakov
Music: Alexej Aigui / Alexei Aigui
Editor: Marat Magambetov
Producer: Jevgenija Tirdatova / Evgenia Tirdatova
Production: Kinoglaz
Cast: Natacha Régnier, Bolot Tentimyšov / Bolot Tentimyshov, Tynara Abdrasajeva / Tynara Abdrasaeva, Melis Šaršenbajev / Melis Sharshenbaev, Asan Amanov
Contact: Mact Productions, Kinoglaz

Guests

Evgenia Tirdatova

Festival Organizer, Producer

Nurbek Egen

Film Director


Natacha Régnier

Actor

Dmitry Ermakov

Director of Photography


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