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Black Red Yellow

2025 · 93 min

A quiet, tactile meditation on love and loss, unfolding slowly like threads on a loom, rewarding patience with deep emotional resonance.

Directed by: Aktan Arym Kubat
Genres: Drama
Starring: Nargiza Mamatkulova, Mirlan Abdykalykov, Aigul Busurmankulova

Overview: The craft of carpet weaving in Kyrgyzstan boasts a long and legendary history, and is an integral part of local life. Turdugul, known as the most skilled carpet weaver in the valleys, spent years practising this craft in solitude. That was until Kadyr the horse herder entered her life, sparking a long-overdue romance that ultimately ended in a wordless farewell – leaving only an unfinished carpet behind. Years later, when the black, red and yellow patterned carpet was unfurled at his funeral, memories slowly unfolded in her heart like woven threads.

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Directed by: Aktan Arym Kubat
Genres: Drama
Starring: Nargiza Mamatkulova, Mirlan Abdykalykov, Aigul Busurmankulova

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
memory
grief
isolation
fate
Places: countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	2
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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