Busan International Film Festival 2024
At the Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan border, Aza and Samat work as members of a drug trafficking organization. One day, they run into Nazik, who has narrowly escaped from human traffickers. Aza decides to give up the drug money and save Nazik, but Nazik tragically dies while crossing a river. Aza is determined to at least return Nazik’s remains to her homeland, but his decision thrusts him into even greater danger.
Born in 1988, Dastan Ryskeldi is a Kyrgyzstani filmmaker who studied Theater and Cinema at the Kyrgyz State University of Culture and Arts. His works include A Father’s Will (2016) and The Road to Eden (2020), both of which he codirected with Bakyt Mukul.