Bride Kidnapping(HKAFF2024)
19-year-old Umut works diligently as a hospital nurse, living with her mother. Her cheerfulness seems out of place in Bishkek's bleak outskirts. Egeman makes a living by stealing scrap metal. He is pressured by his family to marry, but he is afraid to reveal that he has a lover. His lover is a divorced woman who was kidnapped and forced into marriage. Umut and Egeman's lives do not cross paths until a tragedy comes. Based on true events, the film is a scathing indictment of the barbaric Kyrgyz custom of bride kidnapping.
Göteborg Film Festival
KIM Jiseok Award, Busan International Film Festival
Director
Mirlan Abdykalykov
Cast
Akak Berdibekova, Elchibek Shamenov, Mairambek Erkegulov
Release Date
20-10-2024
Language
Kyrgyz
Run Time
80 minutes
