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Bus Stop

1995 · 27 min

A quiet, puzzling wait in the snow that drifts between deadpan humour and quiet unease.

Directed by: Ernest Abdyjaparov, Aktan Arym Kubat
Genres: Drama
Starring: Taalai Abazova, Ernest Abdyjaparov, Mirlan Abdykalykov

Overview: A puzzling fable about human relations inspired by Samuel Beckett (in Kyrgyz, beket means station). At a bus stop amid a snowy winter landscape, people wait. A boy, an adult, and an old man are at first joined by a woman, and then a disruptive drunk.

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Directed by: Ernest Abdyjaparov, Aktan Arym Kubat
Genres: Drama
Starring: Taalai Abazova, Ernest Abdyjaparov, Mirlan Abdykalykov

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Tone: absurdstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
fate
loneliness
morality
Places: countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Ernest Abdyjaparov, Aktan Arym Kubat
Written by: Ernest Abdyjaparov, Aktan Arym Kubat
Starring: Taalai Abazova, Ernest Abdyjaparov, Mirlan Abdykalykov
Runtime: 27 min
Country: Kyrgyz Republic
Languages: Kirghiz

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