Middle East Film Festival 2019 (Golden Village)
The Road To Mother
Rating
PG13 Some Violence
Language
Kazakh with English subtitles
Cast
Bolat Abdilmanov, Adil Akhmetov, Berik Aytzhanov
Synopsis
Spanning nearly nine decades from the 1930s to the present, this sweeping yet personal epic follows several generations of a Kazakhstan family through war, famine, collectivisation, separation and the determination of the clan to remain united. Focusing on a young man who is separated from his mother by war and journeys through harrowing experiences from childhood into adulthood without her to protect him, it is ultimately a stirring drama about the power of maternal love. The film is Kazakhstan’s official submission to the 2018 Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film.