Beshkempir
Aktan Abdykalykov
Aktan Abdykalykov's inspiration comes from an ancestral custom which still exists in Kirghizstan. The population offers a weaned baby to a couple if the wife is found to be sterileS Beshkempir is, so it seems, a child just like any other, living a peaceful life, punctuated by games of his age. On the threshold of adolescence, Beshkempir feels his first emotions. He feels his first romantic, yet discreet feelings for his neighbour's daughter. He leads a peaceful life until he hears the terrible news that puts an end to his ordinary happiness. Beshkempir learns from his friends that he is not his parent's 3biological2 son. In a single moment, his best friend becomes his rival, an enemy even, and the girl of his dreams turns her back on him. This painful discovery is a real shock and his life becomes a living nightmare. Against all hope and step by step, he will try to overcome the difficulties created by this new situation. Aktan Abdykalykov's first feature film, is the very first independent film made and produced in Kirghizstan in central Asia, a former republic of the Soviet Union. Kirghizstan gained independence in 1991.
With : Mirlan Abdikalikov, Albina Imasmeva, Adir Abilkassimov, Bakit Zilkieciev, Mirlan Cinkozoev
Screenplay : Aktan Abdykalykov, Avtandil Adykulouv, Marat Saroulou
Image : Khassan Kydyraliev
Sound : Bakyt Niyazaliev, Gaoukhar Sydykova
Music : Nourlan Nychanov
Editing : Tilek Mambetova
Screenplay : Aktan Abdykalykov, Avtandil Adykulouv, Marat Saroulou
Image : Khassan Kydyraliev
Sound : Bakyt Niyazaliev, Gaoukhar Sydykova
Music : Nourlan Nychanov
Editing : Tilek Mambetova
Production : Kyrgizfilm / Noé Productions : 10 rue Sainte Anastase - 75003 Paris - France -
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Born in 1957, in Kirghizstan, Aktan Abdykalykov, studied from 1976 at the School of Art in Kirghizstan, until he graduated in 1980. He worked as a decorator, then head decorator and in this way collaborated on several fiction films. In 1990, he made a short documentary Un chien courait,presented at several international festivals. He then made a medium-length film Sel'Kineck which was presented at Angers in 1994 and awarded a prize at locarno and turin festivals. In 1995 and 1996 he made two short films which attracted great attention: Beket and Bech-Terek. He directed a new short film in 1997, Assan-Oussen, which won the First Prize at the International Short Film Festival of Sienna. With Beshkempir, Aktan Abdykalykov signs his first feature film.