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Tulpan

2008

Sergei Dvortsevoy

2008·Not Rated·KZKZRussiaRussiaGermanyGermanyPolandPolandSwitzerlandSwitzerlandItalyItaly
Award tierSilver
Metascore

On the steppes of Kazakhstan, Asa lives in a yurt with his sister Samal, her husband Ondas, and their three children. Ondas is a herdsman, tough and strong. It's dry, dusty, and windy; too many lambs are stillborn. Against this backdrop, Asa, a dreamer who's slight of build and recently finished with a stint in the Russian Navy, tries to establish a life on the steppes. He, his friend Boni, and Ondas call on Tulpan, the only single girl in the area. The men talk to her parents while she listens out of sight. Her answer and Asa's later trips to talk to her form an arc of hope against the harsh land. Is this the place of Asa's dreams? What about the other lambs?

Cast

Askhat Kuchinchirekov·Samal Yeslyamova·Tolepbergen Baisakalov·Ondassyn Bessikbassov

Producers

Karl Baumgartner·Valerie Fischer·Bulat Galimgereyev·Raimond Goebel·Thanassis Karathanos

Languages

kazRussiaRussian

Major Awards

3 wins · 1 nomination

Wins (3)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (2008)

Cinema Prize of the French National Education System

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Cannes Film Festival (2008)

Award of the Youth

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Critics' Awards

Cannes Film Festival (2008)

Un Certain Regard Award

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Nominations (1)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (2008)

Golden Camera

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