Ulzhan
Film - International Program Filmfest 2007

Ulzhan

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff

Info

Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Section: International Program
Country: Germany, Kazakhstan
Year: 2006
PT: Ulzhan - Das vergessene Licht
Language: French
Cast: Philippe Torreton, Ayanat Ksenbai, David Bennent
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

Ulzhan

A young Frenchman arrives in Kazakhstan fleeing from a family tragedy. He wants to go to the Khan Tengri Mountain, where back in the old days, shamans came to die. And this is his aim, too. His car breaks down, he continues afoot. Eventually, he buys himself a horse. The horse’s owner, a young nomad and teacher, follows him in order to look after her horse. She becomes his involuntary guardian angel...

Meet the director

Volker Schlöndorff