Kosh Ba Kosh

General Information

Author/Creator
Khudoinazarov, Bakhtiyar, director.
Language
Russian.
Subtitles
English
Published
Tajikistan : VYSS F.P. ; Sunrise AG, 1993.
Physical Description
DVD-ROM (98 min.)
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00002355

Contents/Summary

Summary
The film tells a romantic love story set against the background of Tajik Civil War (1992-1996.) Curfews and bursts of tracer bullets piercing the night hardly seem compatible with a love story. In this strange and dangerous time the men of the city are all into gambling. Everybody gambles with everybody. The situation reaches absurd proportions when the main protagonist wins a young woman from her father. Not knowing what to do, the man decides to take the girl into his shlelter - a cable-car station in the mountains. The war seems far away, but soon it reaches even the apparently peaceful refuge as well. The film conveys the atmosphere of war-torn Dushanbe, the spirit of its citizens strengthened by the hardships and absurdities of the strange war. The film was awarded the "Silver Lion" at the International Film Festival in Venice in 1993, the Grand Prix in Saint Petersbourg - 94, and altogether has been screened at over 30 international film festivals.

Subjects

Genre
Fiction films

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation
Kosh Ba Kosh
Note
Duration: 01:38:00

Holdings

Item Type Current Location Call Number Status Shelving Location Public Note
DVD-ROMOSA Film LibraryFL Record 0623Available--
Digital filmOSA Film LibraryFL Record 0623
(HU_OSA_00002355.mp4)
AvailableAccess Copy, MP4 format