General Information

Author/Creator

Rakhmadieva, Nailya, director.

Language

Kyrgyz. With dubbing in Russian

Subtitles

English

Published

Kyrgyzstan : Soros Foundation Kyrgysztan, 2006.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (26 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_10000429

Contents/Summary

Summary

Sairash was an exemplary wife for twenty years. After her wedding, she put her former life 'on hold' and began to create a new one with her husband, building a house with the modest means available and finding joy in every new success on the road to their future together. When the new home was finally completed, her husband brought a new, younger, wife into the household, deciding to form a family with both the women, and their children. Sairash rebelled, however. She couldn't stand the new order and after a while she left home. In rebelling against the accepted order, did she become a bad wife, or an example and model for all oppressed women? Weaving together scenes from Sairash's daily routine with frank interviews – both with Sairash herself and those close to her – the filmmaker creates a picture of her transformed life. She thus portrays the inner workings of a woman who has found a new meaning in life, but whose happiness will never be complete without a husband and her children. The documentary is also a commentary on the current post–war situation in Kyrgyzstan where the number of women exceeds that of men, thus leading to frequent cases of polygamy. Sairash, rebelling against the strong, but unfair, order, still wears the elechek – the traditional high headdress worn by elderly married women in Kyrgyzstan. The filmmaker sensitively contrasts her rebellion with the conservative majority view that families should stay together, no matter what the cost.

Subjects

Subject

Kyrgyzstan

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation

Elechek

Note

Duration: 00:26:00

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0657b	Available		-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0657b (HU_OSA_10000429.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format