Based on the story of Chingiz Aitmatov "The White Steamer". In a forest cordon, lost high in the mountains, an old man and an old woman and his daughter live with their family - a husband and a seven-year-old son named Shambala, which means "boy-candle" or "boy who radiates light." Shambhala faithfully believes in the ancient myth of the Mother Deer, who saved the last baby of their kind, Bugu, from enemies and fed him with her milk. And although over time people exterminated the deer, the boy believes that someday the deer will still return to their land.
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Artur Amanaliev
Shambala
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Nasreddin Dubashev
Grandfather
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Talant Apyev
Orozkul
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Jamilya Sydykbaeva
Step-grandmother
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Taalaikan Abazova
Bekey
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Zuura Bakirova
Zuura
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Nazbiike Aidarova
Girl
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Talypzhan Boronbaev
Kokotay
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Omurbek Nurdinov
Seydakhmat
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Kubandyk Kamalov
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46 Nights
Artyk Suyundukov Director · Chinghiz Aitmatov Author Murzali Jenbaev Composer
First release July 25, 2020 · Produced in Kyrgyzstan · Original title Шамбала
Production
Kyrgyzfilm
Production
Kyrgyzstan
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Original title
Шамбала
Original language
Kyrgyz
Spoken on screen
Kyrgyz
Release dates
China · July 25, 2020
Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
October 19, 2020 · Premiere · Open Film Festival of the CIS and Baltic countries "Kinoshok"
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