Uzbekistan10 Essential Films from UzbekistanStop 8 of 10

Comrade Boykenjaev

Oʻrtoq Boykenjayev

2002

In a small Uzbek town during the last winter of Communism, a devoted official is tasked with founding the world's first internationalist cemetery, where all faiths can rest together, and pursues the absurd project with earnest zeal. A wry, poignant satire.