Review of Zhauzhürek myng bala

I'm a sucker for nation-building mythos films, and this one totally fulfills this criteria. I have to admit that this was the first Kazakh language film I've ever watched. The costumery and landscapes were amazing (note to self, I must go hiking in Kazakhstan), but the plot was very transparent and the dialog equally stilted and predictable (This could also be due to the translation errors from Kazakh to English). The obvious love interest and tension between the families/clans/tribes with the expected resolution is also included. That said, I still really enjoyed it, as this historical epoch was unknown to me, and it was fun going down the rabbit hole researching the historical battles it depicted.