Kosh ba kosh
1993 Tajik film
- 1993 (1993)
Running time
Russia
Germany
Switzerland
Japan
Kosh Ba Kosh (Russian: Кош-ба-кош), also known as Odd and Even, is a 1993 Russian-Tajik film directed by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov. It won a Silver Lion at the 50th Venice International Film Festival
Plot summary
In 1993, a young Tajik woman named Mira returns to her hometown Dushanbe after living in Russia in the early years immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union. She learns shortly after arriving that her father has gambled her away to an old man, Ibrohim, who is eagerly claiming his prize. Mira goes into hiding while the Tajik Civil War rages outside. She meets and falls in love with Daler, the local cable car driver.
Filming location
The film was shot in the Tajikistan capital Dushanbe, and is overshadowed by the gunfire of the civil war that broke out during the shooting.[1]
Cast
- Daler Madjidav as Daler
- Paulina Galvez as Mira
- Alisher Kasimov as Farhad
- Bokhodur Djurabajev as Mira's father
- Radzhab Khuseynov as Ibrohim
Awards
- Venice Film Festival 1993: Silver Lion (Best Director)[2]
External links
- Pandora Film company
- Kosh ba kosh at IMDb
References
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Silver Lion-winning films
- Little Fugitive / Moulin Rouge / Sadko / Thérèse Raquin / Ugetsu / I Vitelloni (1953)
- On the Waterfront / Sansho the Bailiff / Seven Samurai / La Strada (1954)
- Le Amiche / The Big Knife / Ciske the Rat / The Grasshopper (1955)
- Le Notti Bianche (1957)
- Landscape in the Mist (1988)
- Recollections of the Yellow House / Death of a Tea Master (1989)
- Raise the Red Lantern / The Fisher King / J'entends plus la guitare (1991)
- Luxury Hotel / Jamón Jamón / A Heart in Winter (1992)
- Kosh ba kosh (1993)
- Heavenly Creatures / Little Odessa / Il toro (1994)
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