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Aruah

2018 · 82 min

A quiet, patient portrait of solitude and small kindnesses, unfolding slowly against a vast, indifferent landscape.

Directed by
Khuat Ahmetov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Asanali Ashimov, Нурмухаммед Аскар, Zhasulan Kopbergenov
Overview
In the boundless Kazakh steppe, in a house on a hill, old man Agatai lives. His beloved wife died a long time ago, they had no children, there were no relatives left. But Agatai does not give up, his life is full of worries and labors. He takes care of his modest household and, as best he can, protects and protects the expanse of the steppe, which he considers his homeland. And another good deed is done by an old man: he adopts a child who ran away from an orphanage, who accidentally wandered into a house on a hill.

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Directed by
Khuat Ahmetov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Asanali Ashimov, Нурмухаммед Аскар, Zhasulan Kopbergenov
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • found family
  • grief
  • nature
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Khuat Ahmetov
Written by
Khuat Ahmetov
Starring
Asanali Ashimov, Нурмухаммед Аскар, Zhasulan Kopbergenov, Нуржан Абубакир, Gulnara Dusmatova, Azat Seitmetov, Tamiris Zhangazinova
Runtime
82 min
Country
Kazakhstan
Languages
Kazakh

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