''Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea'' (russian: Пегий пёс, бегущий краем моря,

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Pegiy pyos, Begushchiy kraem morya) is a 1991

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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 Karen Gevorkian. It won the Golden St. George and the Prix

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at the

17th Moscow International Film Festival The 17th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 July 1991. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Soviet-German film ''Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea'' directed by Karen Gevorkian. Jury * Oleg Yankovsky (Soviet Un ...

. Adapted from the novel "Deniz Boyloy Jortkon Ala Dobot" (

Kyrgyz language Kyrgyz (; autonym: , tr. ''Kyrgyz tili'', ) is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia. Kyrgyz is the official language of Kyrgyzstan and a significant minority language in the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in X ...

: ''Деңиз Бойлой Жорткон Ала Дөбөт'', with same meaning of English title) by Chingiz Aitmatov.

Plot

The life of the Nivkh people, a small tribe living on the shores of the

Sea of Okhotsk The Sea of Okhotsk ( rus, Охо́тское мо́ре, Ohótskoye móre ; ja, オホーツク海, Ohōtsuku-kai) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands ...

, is described. The movie consists of two parts; first the parts shot on land (many of these parts are not in Aitmatov's novel) and the adventure at sea. The first part is a documentary shot in

Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...

, the homeland of the Nivkhs, and presents sections from the lives of the locals. Examples of local culture are given, such as narrow houses living together in crowds, honor killings, bear hunting and bear ceremonies. The director showed how the tribe lived, hunted, danced and cast spells in real life. The second part is based on Aitmatov's story. A boat is built with the ingenuity of the grandfather and the help of his sons. A ten-year-old boy goes fishing and seal hunting for the first time with his father, uncle and grandfather. However, they encounter a terrible problem. Mist descends on the sea, they get caught in the storm and lose the shore. When the drinking water is exhausted, the men decide to save the life of the child by sacrificing their own lives by putting themselves into the water one by one, each of them in turn.Большой зал. Чингиз Айтматов: «Пегий пес, бегущий краем моря»
Illuzion Cinema , Access date: 07 May 2022

Cast

* Bayarta Dambayev * Aleksandr Sasykov * Doskhan Zholzhaksynov * Tokon Dayirbekov *

Lyudmila Ivanova Lyudmila Ivanovna Ivanova (russian: Людмила Ивановна Иванова; 22 June 1933 – 7 October 2016) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989). She was awarded the Order of Honour and the ...

Bibliography

Spotted Dog Running At The Edge Of the Sea
Kinoglaz, Clarke Fountain, Access date: 06 May 2022
Pegiy pyos, Begushchiy kraem morya (1991)
Goldposter, Ronald Levaco, Access date: 06 May 2022
Pegiy pyos, Begushchiy kraem morya
Torino Film Festival, Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Access date: 06 May 2022

References

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Famous Kazakh Actor Doskhan Zholzhaksynov Celebrates 70th Anniversary
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