Queen of the Mountains | |
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Directed by | Sadyk Sher-Niyaz |
Written by | Sadyk Sher-Niyaz |
Produced by | Zhyldyzkan Dzholdoshova Sadyk Sher-Niyaz |
Starring | Elina Abai Kyzy |
Cinematography | Murat Aliyev |
Edited by | Eldiyar Madakim |
Music by | Bakyt Alisherov Murzali Jenbaev |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
Country | Kyrgyzstan |
Language | Kyrgyz |
Budget | $1.3M[1] |
Queen of the Mountains (Kyrgyz: Курманжан Датка — Kurmanjan Datka) is a 2014 Kyrgyz epic[2][3][4][5] drama film directed by Sadyk Sher-Niyaz. It was selected as the Kyrgyz entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[6]
The film begins in 1816, when a young Kurmanjan Datka is brought to a fortune teller who foretells that she will one day be worth ten sons.
The film has received positive reviews, with the Montreal Gazette calling it "hauntingly poetic".[7] Queen of the Mountains was named as one of the best of the Montreal World Film Festival by Cult Montreal[8] and that it "should be nominated for an Oscar".[9]
On 4 November 2014, a special screening of the film was hosted by Sharon Stone at the Egyptian Theater.[10]