''Queen of the Mountains'' ( ky, Курманжан Датка — Kurmanjan Datka) is a 2014 Kyrgyz epic

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directed by Sadyk Sher-Niyaz. It was selected as the Kyrgyz entry for the

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at the

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, but was not nominated.

Cast

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Kurmanjan Datka Kurmanjan Datka ( ky, Курманжан Датка) or Datka Kurmanjan Mamatbay kyzy (1811 – 1 February 1907), also known as "The Tsaritsa of Alai" or "The Queen of the South", was a politician in Kyrgyzstan who acquiesced under duress to t ...

* Nazira Mambetova as older

* Aziz Muradillayev as Alymbek Datka * Adilet Usubaliyev as Kurmanjan Son Kamchybek * Dildorbek Rahmonov as Uzbek old man

Plot

The film begins in 1816, when a young

is brought to a fortune teller who foretells that she will one day be worth ten sons.

Critical reception

The film has received positive reviews, with the

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calling it "hauntingly poetic". ''Queen of the Mountains'' was named as one of the best of the Montreal World Film Festival by Cult Montreal and that it "should be nominated for an Oscar". On 4 November 2014, a special screening of the film was hosted by

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at the

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.Laura Coleman, Kyrgyzstan's Academy Award Contender Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains Comes To Laemmle', ''

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'', Volume XXXXVIIII, Number 45, 14 November 2014, p. 8

Awards

*2014: Award for Best Feature Film at the 2014 Eurasian Film Festival

References

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