A little road by the side of the main road. At a bus-stop an old man, a boy, a woman and a man are waiting. A drunk man arrives. The group begins to work in a autarchic way. And the bus is still not arriving…

Photography (b/w) Hasan Kydyraliev
Editing Roza Umralieva
Sound Bakyt Niazaliev, Gauhar Sydykova
Cast Taalaikan Abazova, Mirlan Abdykalykov, Meder Maniazov, Emil Ibragimov, Ernst Abdyjaparov
Production Umai studio, Kyrghyzfilm studio
Year of production 1995-2000
Running time 22’
Format 35 mm

Aktan Abdykalykov

Aktan Abdykalykov (Arym Kubat) was born 1957 in the Kyrgyz village of Kuntuu, 1976-1980 he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of his country. 1980 he started working for the Kyrghyzfilm as decorator. 1992 he made his first feature film Beshkempir. He earned awards in the festivals of Cottbus and of the CIS and Baltic Countries. In the 2001 his feature film Miamil was screened at Asiaticafilmmediale.