Mariam

Name: Mariam
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019-08-16
Duration: 1 h 15 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Meruert Sabbusinova, Hamza Koksebek, Almas Bektibayev

2019
1h 15m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

YOUR RATING

Drama

In Zhanash, a far-away village nestled on the Kazakh Steppe, 400 kilometers away from Almaty - and another three kilometers by foot on a dirt path off the main road - Mariam (Meruert Sabbusi... Read allIn Zhanash, a far-away village nestled on the Kazakh Steppe, 400 kilometers away from Almaty - and another three kilometers by foot on a dirt path off the main road - Mariam (Meruert Sabbusinova) lives with her husband and four young children in a home without light and water. On... Read allIn Zhanash, a far-away village nestled on the Kazakh Steppe, 400 kilometers away from Almaty - and another three kilometers by foot on a dirt path off the main road - Mariam (Meruert Sabbusinova) lives with her husband and four young children in a home without light and water. One winter day, her husband disappears without a trace. Because there is no body, he cannot ... Read all

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

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Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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Meruert Sabbusinova

Mariam

Hamza Koksebek

Almas Bektibayev

Edihe Ahmet

Director
- Sharipa Urazbayeva
Writer
- Sharipa Urazbayeva
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This is speculation, this film was created with an expectation exclusively for the festival audience. The film does not convey the reality of Kazakhstan.

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Interesting film

A Kazakh woman with four kids has to figure out how to get by in modern day rural Kazakhstan when her husband disappears under circumstances that are ambiguous but basically looks like he's probably dead. She gets no aid from relatives or friends and is forced to maneuver around hhelp with strrings from a predatory townsman.

Good acting, excellent photography. Very realistic and unexagerated. I didn't understand the ending but to say why would spoil it.

I read elsewhere afterword that the movie was inspired by similar events that the director covered as a tv news reporter interviewing the woman. She subsequently wrote the script and talked the woman it happened to into acting the role in this movie.