Tulpan
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- Synopsis
- Having just completed his naval service, a young man travels back to the Kazakh steppe to take a bride and begin his new life as a shepherd. Asa is eager to go back to the countryside, where he plans on living a nomadic life along with his sister and ......
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- Director(s)
- Sergey Dvortsevoy
- Distributor(s)
- Zeitgeist
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 100 min.
Critic Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
I swear to you that if you live in a place where this film is playing, it is the best film in town.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites
If you see only one comic love story from Kazakhstan this year, choose this prize-winning honey.Read the full review
The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites
Might be described as an epic landscape film, a sweetly comic coming-of-age story or a lyrical work of social realism. But the setting -- a windswept, sparely populated steppe in southern Kazakhstan -- gives the movie a mood that sometimes feels closer to that of science fiction.Read the full review
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cinemadaily | Critics’ Favorite “Tulpan” Comes to DVD
09/22/09 Kazakh documentarian Sergei Dvortsevoy's first fiction feature "Tulpan," which premiered at last year's Cannes Film Festival, is being released on DVD today by Zeitgeist Films. | indieWIRE -
Riverrun is a Barrel of “Monkeys”
04/29/09 Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Three Monkeys" topped out with the best narrative feature prize at the Riverrun International Film Festival, with the film's Hatice Aslan taking a jury prize for best actress. | indieWIRE -
'Tulpan' is a sheepish love story
04/09/09 He lives on the steppe in southern Kazakhstan, and he dreams of having his own yurt to live in and his own sheep to tend. | JAM! Showbiz -
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03/31/09 Acclaimed documentarian Sergey Dvortsevoy's debut narrative feature, TULPAN, is a work of extraordinary filmmaking bravado, an exhilaratingly alive and sweet-natured fairytale set in the barren... | Rotten Tomatoes -
RiverRun fest announces lineup
03/26/09 Mark Webb's "(500) Days of Summer" will serve as opening-night film at the 11th annual RiverRun International Film Festival, which runs April 22-29 in Winston-Salem, N.C. For its closing night, the fest will screen Harold Lloyd's 1928 silent comedy "Speedy," accompanied by the Alloy Orchestra. | The Hollywood Reporter