THIS IS WHAT I REMEMBER
Competition
A tiny provincial settlement somewhere in Kirgizstan. Zarlyk, till now considered missing by his loved ones, returns home after 20 years as a guest worker in Russia. A lot has happened in two decades: his son has two kids of his own now, his wife, believing Zarlyk dead, has remarried, his friends have aged and Zarlyk can't relate to any of this because he has lost his memory. With his stoically mute expression, he continues to pursue the activity that occupied him all those years in Russia and which represents the only memory he has left – liberating the village streets from garbage. With a calm and nuanced gaze, multi-award-winning filmmaker Aktan Arym Kubat explores a trauma rooted in "guest work", the opposing forces at play in a post-Soviet village community and one family's attempt to reunite in spite of numerous ruptures.
DARAN ERINNERE ICH MICH
FRA, JAP, KGZ, NLD 2022 / 105 min / OV + eng SUB
Language: Kirghiz, Arabic
Director: Aktan Arym Kubat
Screenings
- Caligari FilmBühne Mo, 01.05. / 20:00 Uhr
- Apollo Kino-Center Tu, 02.05. / 14:00 Uhr
- Screenplay: Aktan Arym Kubat, Dalmira Tilepbergenova
- Cinematographer: Talant Akynbekov
- Editor: Evgeniy Krokhmalenko
- Sound: Mars Tugelov, Ranko Pauković
- Cast: Aktan Arym Kubat, Elnura Osmonalieva, Mirlan Abdykalykov, Taalaikan Abazova
- Producer: Altynai Koichumanova, Carine Chichkowsky, Yuji Sadai, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
- World Sales: Diversion
A tiny provincial settlement somewhere in Kirgizstan. Zarlyk, till now considered missing by his loved ones, returns home after 20 years as a guest worker in Russia. A lot has happened in two decades: his son has two kids of his own now, his wife, believing Zarlyk dead, has remarried, his friends have aged and Zarlyk can't relate to any of this because he has lost his memory. With his stoically mute expression, he continues to pursue the activity that occupied him all those years in Russia and which represents the only memory he has left – liberating the village streets from garbage. With a calm and nuanced gaze, multi-award-winning filmmaker Aktan Arym Kubat explores a trauma rooted in "guest work", the opposing forces at play in a post-Soviet village community and one family's attempt to reunite in spite of numerous ruptures.
