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International Independent Film Festival
Geneva
International Independent Film Festival
Geneva
19 – 28.01.2024
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Swiss Premiere

Bauryna salu

Askhat Kuchinchirekov
Kazakh Coming of age
Première œuvre
Kazakhstan
2023
108'
English subtitles
Family Jewel

Yersultan, a young boy of around twelve, is raised by his grandmother. He works after school harvesting salt to earn a bit of money. In the evening, he looks at a faded photo of a couple with a baby and dreams of having enough money to find his parents. One day, his grandmother dies and his life changes completely. His dream comes true, but not quite in the way his young heart had hoped… A deeply moving Coming of age, naturalistic and close to a documentary, delicate and sumptuously shot.

The filmmaker, who played the hero of the film Tulpan when he was young, made his first feature-length film to tell his own story, having been given to his grandparents...



Wide Management / France / Matthias Angoulvant / ma@widemanagement.com

Ticketing

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Grütli Simon
* 25.01.202418:30panier
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* 26.01.202416:00panier
* 27.01.202418:30panier

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