40 days of silence
Uzbekistan
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2013
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Color
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88 min
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In an isolated village, surrounded by high mountains, four women from different generations live under one roof, united by a young woman named Bibicha. Haunted by her past, facing an unknown future and a distressing present, Bibicha decides to take a vow of silence. No one knows her reasons, but they all decide to support her on her inner journey towards maturity. A quasi-ethnographic portrait of daily life in the Uzbek mountains, 40 Days of Silence offers a narrative about a tradition maintained and led by women, where, inevitably, men make their constant presence felt despite being physically absent. Dreamlike and beautiful, Uzbek director Saodat Ismailova's film invites us to reflect on the tensions between tradition and modernity.
Technical Details
Direction:
Saodat Ismailova
Cinematography:
Benito Strangio
Music:
Jacob Kierkegaard
Language:
Tajik
Production:
Denis Vaslin, Jean des Forêts, Benny Drechsel, Saodat Ismailova
Art Direction:
Azamat Turajev
Sound:
Ranko Paukovic
Subtitles:
English and Spanish
Screenplay:
Saodat Ismailova, Ulugbek Sadikov
Editing:
Benjamin Mirguet, Nathalie Alonso-Casale
Cast:
Rukhshona Sattarova (Bibicha), Barohat Shukurova (Khamida), Saodat Rahimova (Bibi Saodat), Farida Olimova (Sharifa)
Director
Saodat Ismailova
Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in 1981. She studied film directing at the Tashkent State Art Institute and later joined the film section of Fabrica in Treviso, Italy, where she co-directed Aral, Fishing in an Invisible Sea. Her first feature film was 40 Days of Silence; currently, Ismailova is developing her next cinematic project, Barzagh. Ismailova has presented her video installations in various art spaces, such as Zukhra, which was exhibited at the Venice Art Biennale. Additionally, she owns her own company called Map Prodcution in Tashkent.
