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THE LAKE

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By Emil ATAGELDIEV

OYMO STUDIO - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2020

There is a legend about souls ancestors who lives in the form of the fish in sacred lake Issyk-Kul, where in our time living our heroes. They neighbors. It is a lonely old teacher, poacher, and poacher's little daughter. She feels inner protest against fish poaching, because sincerely believes in the legend like an old man.

Festivals
& Awards

Shanghai 2020
Asian New Talent Award
Asian World Film Festival 2021
Official selection
Official HFPA Screening Date 11/29/2020 Los-Angeles to Golden Globe Awards, Best Motion Picture in Foreign Language. 2021
British Independent Film Festival 2021
Official selection, nomination to the Best Feature Film
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    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Drama, First film
    • Countries
    • KYRGYZSTAN
    • Languages
    • KYRGYZ
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Emil ATAGELDIEV
    • Writer(s)
    • Erke DZHUMAKMATOVA, Emil ATAGELDIEV
    • Producer(s)
    • Erke DZHUMAKMATOVA (STUDIO OYMO)
    • Synopsis
    • On the shore of Issyk-Kul lake live Temirkul - old history teacher, who in past tragically lost his only daughter. The old man follower of old legends that Kyrgyzs’ since ancient times never eat fish from sacred lake believing that those are souls of ancestors waiting for new incarnation. His neighbor - Askhat - feeds his family by being a fish poacher, embittered by daily survival. And 11-year-old poacher's daughter Jyldyz, who feels a deep inner protest against poaching. She sincerely believes
      in the legend and doesn't eat fish is like old man too, which causes lack of understanding of her family and peers. When the wife of an old man suddenly dies, they have a conflict with Askhat. The old teacher wants to bury his wife to ancient custom.
      But Askhat impose by force his will on the old man and takes all the worries about "decent" funeral according to accepted traditions upon himself…
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