The Land Where Winds Stood Still
7.5
Windy steppes of Kazakhstan. Starving people ravenously eat donkeys and their weaker comrades. Frantic, raw, gripping, and cannibalistic western inspired by testimonies of the historical Great Famine of the 1930s. Ruthless Jupar with her two boys Jolan and Boshay runs for survival to reach her childhood village with hopes to find living relatives. A mother with no tears to cry endures rains, sandstorms, feverish famine, poisoned crops, hungry vultures, rotten meat, and greedy betrayals. Jupar will have to steal, cut throats, and protect her and others’ children to witness fates worse than death.
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Ardak Amirkulov Director · Aleksandr Rubanov Cinematographer
First release November 16, 2023 · Produced in Kazakhstan · Production Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakh Cinema
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ArdFilm
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Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Kazakh Cinema
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Kazakhstan
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Original title
Жел тоқтаған жер
Original language
Kazakh
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Kazakh
Release dates
Estonia · November 16, 2023
Premiere · Black Nights Film Festival
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Russia
August 24, 2024 · Premiere · Lendoc Film Festival
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