''The Empty Home'' is a 2012 Kyrgyz
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Nurbek Egen
Nurbek Egen (Russian Нурбек Эген; born 3 December 1975) is a Kyrgyz and Russian film and TV director and screenwriter. His films have won two Young Artist Awards: his short film ''Sanzhyra'' as Best Short Foreign Film and his feature ...
. The film was selected as the Kyrgyz entry for the
Best Foreign Language Oscar at the
85th Academy Awards
The 85th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best 2012 in film, films of 2012 and took place on February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, ...
, but it did not make the final shortlist.
Cast
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Maral Koichukaraeva as Ascel
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Cecile Plage as Virginie
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Atai Omurbekov as Marat
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Asan Amanov as Tynchtyk
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Bolot Tentimyshov as Sultan
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Denis Sukhanov as Arkady
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Kseniya Lavrova-Glinka as Masha
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Françoise Michaud as Virginie's mother
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Maxim Glotov as Igor
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Roman Nesterenko
Roman Nesterenko (born 22 March 1977) is an association footballer from Kazakhstan. He plays as a goalkeeper and has played for nine different clubs as well as the Kazakhstan national football team, for whom he has two caps. Despite playing for ...
as Victor
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Michele Levieux as Midwife
See also
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References
External links
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2012 films
2012 drama films
Kyrgyzstani drama films
Kyrgyz-language films
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