Kurak
The best of you are those who are best to their women.
Genres
Overview
Based on true events, several stories about disempowerment of women, are closely intertwined, affecting to each other's, unfolding against the background of the traditional, patriarchal society of modern-day Kyrgyzstan ultimately result in a series of tragic outcomes. The realities of modern-day Kyrgyzstan, despite the status of a "secular state", are violence, hypocrisy, and widespread infringement of the rights of women who are stay a socially unprotected part of the population. Under the conditions of aggressive propaganda of both patriarchal and radical, religious ideology, the ideas of feminism in Kyrgyzstan are equated with the popularization of LGBTQ communities, are openly criticized and the justice system, in most cases, takes the side of murderers and rapists.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
89 min
Release Date
2025-09-21
Status
Post Production
Original Language
Kyrgyz
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Begaiym Asankulova
Jyldyz
Ainura Kachkynbai Kyzy
Nargiza
Aliman Ryspekova
Meerim
Amangeldy Abdrahmanov
Aibek
Atai Omurbekov
Kanat
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