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20th (2015)

Walnut Tree

World Premiere

Director: Yerlan NURMUKHAMBETOV

Country: Kazakhstan

Entry Year: 2015

Running Time: 81min

Format / Color: Unencrypted DCP / Color

PROGRAM NOTE

Walnut Tree is film about a wedding that introduces, with compassion, warmth, and laughter, the everyday lives of people living in a small village in Kazakhstan. The wedding ceremony is not at all a small or trivial event, but a festival that all of the villagers come out to enjoy. Gabit and Aisulu are in love with one another. One day, Gabit fetches Aisulu from the riverside where she is washing carpets in order to marry her. Aisulu’s parents are—quite unsurprisingly—upset since Gabit did not receive their blessing to marry their daughter. After a while, however, the couple convince her parents of their love for each other and they succeed in holding their wedding ceremony. Soon, Aisulu’s parents are also busy preparing for the wedding, which all the villagers are happy to celebrate. Shortly thereafter, Gabit and Aisulu give birth to a baby and again all the village people come to congratulate them. Infused with a sense of humor and affection, Walnut Tree gives a wonderful glimpse into the lives of people living in an intimate community. (KIM Ji-seok)

DIRECTOR

Yerlan NURMUKHAMBETOV

Kazakh filmmaker Yerlan Nurmukhambetov is a graduate of the Kazakh National Academy of Arts. His short films include Pay to (1999), Love and Shoes (1999), Sunday (2000), Friday (2001), Paris (2001), Kyz Uhrlau (2002) and Overture (2008). He co-directed the feature Anshi Bala (2011). Walnut Tree is his feature directorial debut.

CREDITS

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DIRECTOR	Yerlan NURMUKHAMBETOV
PRODUCER	Yerzhan Akhmetov
CAST	Rustem Zhaniamanov ,Balnur Asyl
SCREENPLAY	Yerlan Nurmukhambetov ,Yerzhan Rustembekov
CINEMATOGRAPHY	Murat Nugmanov
EDITOR	Aibol Kasymzhanov
SOUND	Andrei Vlaznev
MUSIC	Sultan Abet
PRODUCTION COMPANY	Kazakhfilm Kazakhstan 176 al-farabi ave Tel: 7 7770400017 Fax: kzf.kim@gmail.com