Tengri: Blue Heavens

Tengri: Blue Heavens

2008
1h 36m
5.5

5.5/10

4 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

This is a love story set in the steppes of Central Asia of today. Temür a thirty year old Kazakh decides to start life again in his ancestral village in the Kyrghyz Mountains. He discovers soon after his arrival that he is a misfit in this settlement of old conservative Islamic men,some women and children. The only ray of hope for him is Amira a young married woman who waits in frustration for her absentee husband - a Mujahideen. Temur watches sorrowfully as the individual village stories unfold at the same as he tries to help the community out in any way he can. In this way he comes closer to Amira and Taib, her young brother-in-law. In a dead end situation the lovers decide to leave the settlement and travel to a place that would hold out with their dreams. Written by Mira Tanna-Händel

Status: Released

Language: KY

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Production Information

Production Companies
L Films Cine Dok French Productions
Production Countries
France Germany Kyrgyz Republic
Spoken Languages
Kirghiz Russian

Quick Facts

Original Title Tengri
Release Date July 10, 2008
Status Released
Language KY
IMDb ID tt1043565

Cast

Albina Imasheva
Albina Imasheva

Amira

Ilim Kalmuratov
Ilim Kalmuratov

Témür

Hélène Patarot
Hélène Patarot

Raissa

Taalai Abazova
Taalai Abazova

Uljan

Aibek Midin Uulu
Aibek Midin Uulu

Taib

Nikolai Marousitch
Nikolai Marousitch

Erofei

Busurman Odurakaev
Busurman Odurakaev

Shamshi

Askat Soulaimanov
Askat Soulaimanov

Askar

Tabyldy Aktanov
Tabyldy Aktanov

Mansur

Almanbiet Tabildi Uulu
Almanbiet Tabildi Uulu

Askar's Son

Docturkan Diouichenalieva
Docturkan Diouichenalieva

Naima

Bermet Omourova
Bermet Omourova

Yesugen

Key Crew

Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville
Director
Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville
Writer
Azamat Kadyraliev
Writer
Jean-François Goyet
Writer