Luna Papa

Toldi, october 9. monday, 17.15, Kossuth 2, october 11. wednesday, 19.15,

Austria, Germany, Russia, Switzerland, France 1999 Dir, scr: Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, Irakli Kvirikadze Phot: Daniar Abdurakhmanov Editor: Evi Romen, Kirk vor Heflin Music: Daler Nazarov Cast: Chulpan Khamatova, Moritz Bliebreu Format: 35 mm Colour 107 mins

In a small village near Samarkand lives the eccentric Bekmuradova family: 17 years old Mamlakat, her father Safar and her brother Nasreddin, who went mad in the Afghan war. This desolate corner of the world is filled with dark figures: the only ones to maintain law and order are a couple of ex-soldiers who drive around in an old tank. Mamlakat is mad about the stage and dreams of becoming an actress. One bright moonlit night, she is seduced by a beautiful and mysterious actor, who leaves her behind, pregnant. Together with a girlfriend, she travels to the city for an abortion, but just before the operation, the old doctor dies in a bizarre way. She has to admit to her father that she is pregnant. So the family set off - travelling through Central Asia in search of the father of the child, to save the family name.