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The confrontation of two, in their own right, sides: the young chairman of the collective farm Dzhupbar, who dreams of rebuilding the village "in a new way", and the elders, who do not want to part with the long-standing plane tree, the beauty and pride of the village.
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Screen adaptation of the story of the same name by Anna Paityk.
A city girl from Turkmenistan came to a collective farm to marry her boyfriend. The groom suggested returning to the city to avoid having a wedding according to strict Turkmen customs. The girl refused, wanting to win the approval of the groom’s mother.
The action takes place in the 1920s in Central Asia. Red Army soldier and his prisoner Basmachi rebel get lost in the desert...
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In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into conflict with a tribe of Native Americans led by their chief, Black Eagle, while both Balam and Black Eagle fall in love the beautiful Mayan princess Ixchel.
Noreno, a half-Roman, is entrusted with the mission of crossing the snowy mountains of Armenia, swarming with Parthian patrols, to seek help for his slowly dying men.