Archive of films Suleiman Mountain / Suleiman gora
Kyrgyzstan / Russia
2017, 101 min
Section:
East of the West - Competition
Year: 2018
Karabas is a man who has never really grown up. He drinks too much, and he and his young pregnant wife just scrape by. When his first wife Zhipara arrives with the news that she’s found their long-lost son Uluk, a question arises: Could the fractured foursome all live together? A distinctive debut which dexterously combines a road movie with a family drama and an original comedy, thereby painting a vivid portrait of life in Kyrgyzstan.
Synopsis
Karabas is a man who has never really grown up. He drinks too much, and he and his young pregnant wife just scrape by. When his first wife Zhipara arrives with the news that she’s found their long-lost son Uluk, a question arises: Could the fractured foursome all live together? Some wounds are just too hard to heal – even if you believe in the magical power of Suleiman Mountain, under which the picture’s plot unfolds… In her distinctive debut, Elizaveta Stishova dexterously combines a road movie with a family drama and an original comedy. She organically incorporates traditional Kyrgyz customs, shamanic practices, and folklore motifs into the storyline, thereby painting a vivid portrait of life in this Central Asian country.
Lenka Tyrpáková
About the director

Elizaveta Stishova (Moscow). Filmography: Arta (2008, short), The Hen (2008, short), Watering (2012, short), The Seagull (Chaika, 2017, short), Suleiman Mountain (Suleiman gora, 2017)
Contacts
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About the film
Color, DCP
European premiere
Section: | East of the West - Competition |
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Director: | Elizaveta Stishova |
Screenplay: | Alisa Khmelnitskaya |
Dir. of Photography: | Tudor Vladimir Panduru |
Editor: | Karolina Maciejewska |
Art Director: | Svetlana Dubina |
Producer: | Yelena Yatsura, Andrey Devyatkin, Victor Kuznetsov |
Production: | Virtual Kick Studio |
Cast: | Daniel Daiyerbekov, Perizat Ermanbetova, Asset Imangaliev, Turgunay Erkinbekova |
Sales: | ANT!PODE Sales & Distribution |
www: | www.antipode-sales.biz/movies/suleiman-montain |
Guests

Elizaveta Stishova
Film Director

Alisa Khmelnitskaya
Screenwriter

Anna Ostrovskaya
Assistant Director