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The Crying Steppe (2020)

The Crying Steppe (2020)

Drama History

Don't ever forget where you come from

Release Date: 2020, December 11
Directors: Marina Kunarova
Countries: Kazakhstan
Production: Melograno Films, MG Productions
Cast: Dulyga Akmolda, Akylkhan Almassov, Sayazhan Kulymbetova, Adilet Zhangali, Rayana Daulet

Overview:

In the 1920-30s, 70% of the indigenous population died from the Great Famine created by the Bolsheviks in Kazakhstan. Overcoming the dreadful fear of death and despair, an eagle hunter's family from a Kazakh village in the highlands is trying to stay alive in the midst of the fierce winter and face a moral choice, to die as human beings or to survive at any cost, transgressing the human decency.