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Beshkempir

1998

In a remote Kyrgyz village, a boy adopted as a foundling and raised with the help of five old women comes of age, weathering first love, humiliation, and the shock of learning the truth about his origins. A tender, sensuous black-and-white drama.

Part of 10 Essential Films from Kyrgyzstan

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