Around 50 years after Konchalovsky’s film THE FIRST TEACHER, the filmmaker shows the "last teacher": an old, Russian-speaking instructor is replaced by a younger one, who speaks Turkish. Through this symbolic changing of the guard, the film depicts a region in transition.
CHAIKA / DIE MÖWE
KGZ, RUS 2012 / 32 min
Language: Russian, Kyrgyz
Director: Elizaveta Stishova
Screenplay: Alisa Khmelnitskaya
Cinematographer: Alexandr Pochepko
Editor: Elizaveta Stishova
Music: Asan Chyngyzbayev, Fedor Sofronov
Sound: Andrey Gurianov
Cast: Asan Amanov, Aidana Satybekova, Yunus Tekche
Producer: Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, Maria Avakova, Natalia Demidova
Production Company: Aitysh Film, Sleepwell Pictures
Around 50 years after Konchalovsky’s film THE FIRST TEACHER, the filmmaker shows the "last teacher": an old, Russian-speaking instructor is replaced by a younger one, who speaks Turkish. Through this symbolic changing of the guard, the film depicts a region in transition.
Screenplay: Alisa Khmelnitskaya
Cinematographer: Alexandr Pochepko
Editor: Elizaveta Stishova
Music: Asan Chyngyzbayev, Fedor Sofronov
Sound: Andrey Gurianov
Cast: Asan Amanov, Aidana Satybekova, Yunus Tekche
Producer: Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, Maria Avakova, Natalia Demidova
Production Company: Aitysh Film, Sleepwell Pictures
