Details
Directed by: Janyl Jusupjan
Runtime: 1h 5min
Certificate: TBC
Topics:
Personal Stories
Last Screened:
Thu 18th Apr 2024
This delightful, observational film finds its unlikely heroine on the vast plains of Kyrgyzstan - a woman called Atirkül who is determined to make her way in a traditionally male domain.
For centuries here, men have played the sport of buzkashi, involving teams of horse-riders galloping across the plains, jumping on each other to steal the trophy of a dead goat from their rival team. It’s a tough, masculine world in an unforgiving environment – and a space in which Atirkül plans to make her mark, with a dream to find local young men to form her own buzkashi team. With an enterprising spirit, great humour and headstrong determination, she dives into the horse trading business and begins to coach her players.