Well digger Ensep decided to increase the payment for his work and get rich. Pride and vanity seized his soul, and he takes orders only from rich and noble clients. At this time, Karakalpak appears in their village, who moved with his family from Khorezm. Karakalpak digged up the deepest well in the steppe for a small amount of money. As a result, his fame spread across the steppe, and all the customers slowly pass from Ensep to him. All the time Ensep looks for a chance to dig the deepest well than Karakalpak, and glorify his name again. The main idea illustrates that nature usually take revenge on a human being, if he crosses the line of the unauthorized. There is a limit to the ability of a person, and he must feel, if he goes beyond or down the line, something irreparable might happen.
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Zhanabek Zhetiruov Director · Rifkhat Ibragimov Cinematographer Askar Uteulinov Production designer
First release January 1, 2018 · Produced in Kazakhstan · Original title Шыңырау
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Kazakhfilm Studios
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Kazakhstan
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Original title
Шыңырау
Original language
Kazakh
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Kazakh
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Kazakhstan · January 1, 2018
Kazakhstan
No release date listed for United States.
China
November 21, 2019 · Theatrical · Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival
Iran
April 18, 2019 · Premiere · Source: MUBI (Fajr)
Spain
November 6, 2019 · Theatrical · Asian Film Festival Barcelona
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