
AmirandSerikpaiarechildrenofschoolage.TheyaregrowingupinruralKazakhstanwithouttheirfather,whowentofftoRussiainsearchofworkandnevercameback.Theirmother,Polina,israisingthem,andtheysharetheirhomewithPolina’soldfatherandhissister.Withoutmalesupport,thedailygrindisoftenhardforPolina,andshefindsthatshecannotcope.Theboysaretauntedatschoolbytheirclassmates,butneithershamenordishonouraffectsthegreatlovetheyhavefortheirmother.Thisfilmisenhancedbyitswonderfulcast,andalsobyitsscreenplay,writtenbyfamousIranianfilmmakerMohsenMakhmalbafforhisKyrgyzcolleaguewho,thistime,choseKazakhstanashislocation.Kubat’ssocialdramabetraystherawpoeticstylecharacteristicforCentralAsiancinema,andwilldelightallviewerswhoexpectaprominentdisplayofpure,strongemotion.



