A charismatic con man, his two wives and a long-lost son take an unconventional road trip across Kyrgyzstan in the surprising drama Suleiman Mountain. Shot in and around the mystical world heritage site of the Suleiman Mountain in Osh, their journey takes audiences into a colorful world of folk traditions and shamanistic healing rituals. Hoping to win her way back into the affections of her ne’er-do-well husband Karabas, Zhipara claims to have tracked down the son who disappeared years before. Karabas reluctantly agrees to take in Zhipara and the boy, much to the chagrin of his moody, younger, pregnant second wife.
Crammed together in a clunky, Soviet-era truck, this dysfunctional family clings to one another even as hardscrabble circumstances, and their own foibles, threaten to tear them apart. Luckily, Russian director Elizaveta Stishova also stitches some humor into this atypical family drama while displaying a clear-eyed affection for each of her flawed but deeply human characters.
Director Biography
Russian editor, director and actress Elizaveta Stishova is making her feature-directional debut with Suleiman Mountain. Prior to her first feature, she produced and edited the short Chayka in 2012. As an actress, she has appeared in the short film Pretty Close (’09).
Press
"A roller coaster ride that ends on a moving note of stillness." - Seventh Row
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