Nurbek EGEN
Нурбек ЭГЕН
Nourbek EGEN
Russia, 2012, 98mn 
Colour, fiction
The Empty Home
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Пустой дом

 

 La Maison vide

 Pustoy dom

 
Directed by : Nurbek EGEN (Нурбек ЭГЕН)
Writing credits : Yekaterina TIRDATOVA (Екатерина ТИРДАТОВА)
 
Cast
Maral KOYCHUKARAYEVA (Марал КОЙЧУКАРАЕВА)
Bolot TENTIMYSHOV (Болот ТЕНТИМЫШОВ)
Asan AMANOV (Асан АМАНОВ)
Atay OMURBEKOV (Атай ОМУРБЕКОВ)
Cecilia PLEZHE (Сесилия ПЛЭЖЕ)
 
Cinematography : Dmitry ERMAKOV (Дмитрий ЕРМАКОВ)
Production design : Denis ISAYEV (Денис ИСАЕВ)
Produced by : Yekaterina TIRDATOVA (Екатерина ТИРДАТОВА)
Production : Kinoglaz & Racoon cinema
 

Awards :
Special Prize International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2012

Plot synopsis
“The Empty Home” is the story of a young Kyrgyz girl who, in search of a better life, moves from her Kyrgyz village to Moscow. Moscow tosses her around like a ball and eventually spits her out. She runs from Moscow to France, where she continues to search for her proper place under the sun… “The Empty Home” is a criminal drama populated with different heroes who have varying ideas about ethics and moral values, and who clash in their search of the Home and the furious struggle for survival and happiness, which is “where we are not”.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Nurbek Egen: The Empty Home (Pustoi dom, 2012), Elizabeth PAPAZIAN, kinokultura.com, 2013
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Sofia International Film Festival, Sofia (Bulgaria), 2013
- Munich International Film Festival, Munich (Germany), 2013
- Tiburon International Film Festival, Tiburon (USA), 2013
- World Film Festival, Montreal (Canada), 2012
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2012
- Film Festival of CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia "Kinoshock", Anapa (Russia), 2012
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2012
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2012
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2012