Beautifully shot in black and white, and scripted by Tarkovsky's collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky, this powerful melodrama tells the story of a young boy who undertakes the perilous journey to Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, to earn some money for his hungry family. Filming in the periphery of the Soviet Union, in a time of relative political relaxation, director Shukhrat Abbasov actually dared to depict the poverty and famine that resulted from the Bolshevik Revolution.
Based on an Uzbek folk tale about how a magical chamois helped poor Hassan become rich. However, his wealth makes him cruel and greedy.…
Mischievous boys, who consider themselves brave horsemen, teach the puppy Julbars to scare everyone. Once, to scare a neighbor girl, they painted the puppy as a tiger, and he caught a cold. Instead of helping their Julbars, the boys decided to take revenge on the girl for her kindness, and she cured the sick puppy. And she had one more friend. He who is kinder is braver, because he is kind!
