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The Adopted Son

Beshkempir (AKA The Adopted Son)

1998

Aktan Arym Kubat

Mirlan Abdykalykov, Albina Imasheva, Adir Abilkassimov, Talai Mederov ...

6.5

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Drama In a Kyrgyz village, five older women adopt an infant foundling. Jump ahead about 12 years: the boy, Beshkempir, is entering puberty, the age, his granny says, when life goes berserk. He plays with friends, horsing around, sniggering about sex, going to an outdoor movie. He works, fishing and making bricks of mud. And, he's starting to notice girls. He and his best friend fight, and he learns to his consternation that he's a foundling. ... [+]

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