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Plot Summary: The film follows Asa, a young man returning from his Russian naval service to his sister’s nomadic family on the desolate Hunger Steppe of central Asia. Eager to start his own life as a shepherd, Asa must first win the hand of the only eligible girl in miles, his mysterious neighbor Tulpan. Director: Sergey Dvortsevoy Starring: Askhat Kuchinchirekov as Asa Samal Yeslyamova as Samal Ondasyn Besikbasov as Ondas Tulepbergen Baisakalov as Boni   ***SPOILER ALERT*** Realism and Raw Authenticity Today we are leaving Kazakhstan with the movie "Tulpan" by Sergey Dvortsevoy, who also directed our first movie of the week, " Ayka ." Let me tell you, right away, that this is an amazing, unbelievable film. If in yesterday's documentary, "The Eagle Huntress," I felt that I was watching something fictional, today was the opposite. Some scenes are so real that it look...

Stilyagi is a 2008 Russian musical comedy-drama film directed by Valery Todorovsky. It won several Golden Eagle Awards and Nika Awards, including Best Film in both. In Russia, it has become a cult film, as most of its score consists of covers of 1980s and 1990s Russian rock music from bands such as Bravo, Nautilus Pompilius, Nol and the Red Elvises. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilyagi_(film) While the Cold War heats up on the world stage, rebellious youth in 1955 Moscow wage a cultural battle against dismal Soviet conformity, donning brightly colored black-market clothing, adopting American nicknames and reveling in forbidden jazz. Straight-laced 20-year-old Communist Mels finds these brazen 'hipsters' shocking until he falls under the spell of one, namely Polly, and joins the new revolution. Soon he's a peacock, cavorting in the latest flashy fashions, sporting an enormous pompadour and wailing on the saxophone. source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt12...