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ZULEIKHA OPENS HER EYES (ZULEIKHA OTKRIVAET GLAZA)
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Completed - RUSSIAN, ENGLISH - Drama - 416 minutes

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2020 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2020

Director(s) : Anashkin EGOR
Writer(s) : Anna ANOSOVA, Larisa LEONENKO, Vasiliy PAVLOV
Producer(s) : Ilya PAPERNOV, Anton ZLATOPOLSKIY, Aleksandr KUSHAEV, Irina SMIRNOVA

Synopsis

Zuleikha, a quiet and obedient Muslim wife, lives with her abusive husband and despotic mother-in-law in a remote Tatar village in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. When her husband is murdered by communist soldiers for hiding grain, she is arrested and sent to Siberia. She takes a dreadful journey thousands of kilometers away to a place of exile, where fierce winters kill many. In this severe wilderness, she builds a new life for herself and discovers an inner strength given by great love and endearment.

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Country(ies) : RUSSIA


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