40 DAYS OF SILENCE

CHILLA

By Saodat ISMAILOVA

PETIT FILM - as PROD

First film - Completed 2014


Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2014
Forum
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • First film, Drama
    • Countries
    • NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, GERMANY, UZBEKISTAN
    • Languages
    • TAJIK
    • Director(s)
    • Saodat ISMAILOVA
    • Producer(s)
    • Denis VASLIN (Volya Films), Jean DES FORÊTS (Petit Film), Benny DRECHSEL (Rohfilm)
    • Synopsis
    • In rural Uzbekistan, a young woman named Bibicha refuses to speak after her father brutally cuts her long hair as punishment for having secret meetings with a mysterious man in the apricot garden. She comes to live at her grandmother Khanjarmomo's house, where she escapes the persecution of her family.
    • Beginning of shooting
    • Nov 01, 2012