Bolotbek SHAMSHIEV
Болотбек ШАМШИЕВ
Bolotbek CHAMCHIEV
USSR (Kyrgyzstan), 1975, 101mn 
fiction
The White Ship
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Белый пароход

 

 Le Bateau blanc

 Belyy parokhod

 
Directed by : Bolotbek SHAMSHIEV (Болотбек ШАМШИЕВ)
Writing credits : Chingiz AITMATOV (Чингиз АЙТМАТОВ), Bolotbek SHAMSHIEV (Болотбек ШАМШИЕВ)
Based on Chingiz Aytmatov's short novel of the same title
Cinematography : Manas MUSAYEV (Манас МУСАЕВ)
Production design : Vladimir DONSKOV (Владимир ДОНСКОВ)
Music : Alfred SHNITKE (Альфред ШНИТКЕ)
Production : Kirghizfilm
Release date in Russia : 22/11/1975
 

Plot synopsis
Six adults and a little boy live in a forest far from the world. The little boy is alone and it is Momoun, an old connoisseur of popular legends, who serves as his parents. But the wonderful world of legends is opposed to the cruel reality of the adult world...
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- International Film Festival of Russia and Near Abroad "Lendoc Film Festival", St Petersburg (Russia), 2022
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2020
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2018
- Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2012
- Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 1976