1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,280 A Kyrgyzfilm Production 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:09,360 THE SKIES OF OUR CHILDHOOD 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:16,200 Written by Kadyrkul Omurkulov and Tolomush Okeev 4 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:22,200 Directed by Tolomush Okeev 5 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:28,480 Director of Photography Kadyrzhan Kydyraliev 6 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:34,120 Production Designer Sagynbek Ishenov 7 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:41,120 Music by Tashtan Ermatov 8 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,360 STARRING 9 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:08,560 Muratbek Ryskulov as Bakai German Djangorozova as Urum 10 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:14,720 Sovetbek Dzhumadylov and Alym Lyutsia Ryskulova and Aynash 11 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:16,760 Nasret Dubashev and Kalyk 12 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:24,480 Samak Alymkulov and Ryskul Beksultan Zhakiev as Bektash 13 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:29,640 Dubbed at the Gorky Film Studio 14 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,080 Poor Ryskul. He looks as pale as a ghost. 15 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,000 That's what it's like to lose a wife in old age. 16 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,760 I'd rather die myself than bury a loved one. 17 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:22,000 Indeed. 18 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,760 He's got no one left now except his son. 19 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,325 And what kind of a son is that! 20 00:02:29,405 --> 00:02:33,360 Didn't even come to his mother's funeral to throw some dirt on her grave. 21 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,640 Maybe he couldn't. Maybe he was busy. 22 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,485 He must have studies in the city. 23 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:48,520 Busy or not, he ought to have laid his mother to rest. 24 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:55,280 Leave me alone! 25 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,520 If he's got a conscience, he won't go back to the city again. 26 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:09,200 - He'll stay with the old man. - He wouldn't leave if he got married. 27 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,600 It'd make it easier for poor Ryskul, too. 28 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,960 A home needs a woman's hands. 29 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:15,600 - It does. - Look, a lake! 30 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,080 - Where? - It's so big! 31 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,480 - Do steamboats run on it? - Sure. I saw them last time. 32 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,440 - You come here every summer? - Yes. 33 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,920 - Give me that. - It's too bad this lake never freezes. 34 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,525 It'd be so much fun to ice skate on it! 35 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:37,520 Yeah. 36 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,160 Why doesn't it freeze? 37 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:43,680 Janyl, let's ask that man. 38 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:45,560 You ask him. 39 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:47,360 - Better if you do. - No, you do it. 40 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,720 Mister, why doesn't the lake freeze? 41 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,880 Bektash! 42 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,840 The kids are asking you why the lake doesn't freeze. 43 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,440 Probably because it's a salt lake. 44 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,480 Why should it freeze, anyway? 45 00:04:46,430 --> 00:04:48,320 - It's coming! - It's here! 46 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,320 Finally! Come on! 47 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,800 - Grab your things. - Get in line. 48 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:01,480 The tickets, take the tickets! 49 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:06,120 - Give me your hand. - Oh, thank you! 50 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,320 Better to stay home when you're sick. 51 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,200 At least it was a short flight. 52 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:17,240 - I love vacation! - You get any homework? 53 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:18,960 - Poems to learn. - We didn't get any. 54 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:20,320 Let them come through. 55 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,200 - Hello! - Please. 56 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:23,560 Hello and welcome. 57 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,080 - Hello! - I've brought my son with me. 58 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,120 Everybody flies, and so will we. 59 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:29,880 Hello, hello. 60 00:05:31,082 --> 00:05:32,368 What were you saying? 61 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,000 Don't forget to buy soap, a new churn and some sugar. 62 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,000 We're going to ride horses! 63 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,360 Hurry up, kids, the weather's turning bad. 64 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,920 - I'll ride this one! - No, I rode him the last time! 65 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,120 - My bridle's tangled. - Always something wrong. 66 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,200 - Mine's lame. - He got caught in stirrups. 67 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:52,000 I said the weather's turning bad! You want to get caught in a blizzard? 68 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:53,405 Such trouble, these kids. 69 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,800 Careful in the pass! There could be landslides! 70 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:58,520 And listen to old Ryskul! 71 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,440 Don't ride those horses to death! 72 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,800 - All right, we'll listen! - It's not our first time riding! 73 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,240 Hey, Kalyk! 74 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,960 Tell your father to bring the workers kumis on time! 75 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,080 - All right, I will! - Godspeed! 76 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:34,960 Hold it there, grandpa! 77 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,165 - You can't go through the pass. - Why not? 78 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:41,320 Cave-ins. Go through Chong-Tash. It's an hour longer, but it's safer. 79 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,240 Once we build this road, feel free to go all the way to Moscow. 80 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,000 - All right. Goodbye! - Godspeed! 81 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:00,600 Catch up, kids! 82 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:05,440 Don't fall behind, Bektash! 83 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:35,920 Hello, Aunt Aynash! 84 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,320 Kalyk, you've come! Hello there. 85 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,880 Mom! Mom! 86 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:01,165 My boy, you're here! Finally! 87 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,360 I've worn my eyes out waiting for you. 88 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:08,960 I wish you'd have sent word with someone. 89 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,600 Are your brothers and sisters not coming here? 90 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:13,680 Not for now. 91 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:15,280 How are they over there? 92 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,440 - Everyone in good health? - Yes. 93 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:21,560 Thank God. You must be tired after a winter at school. You'll get some rest. 94 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:23,320 - I'm not tired. - You got taller. 95 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,280 Mom, why isn't the falcon hooded? 96 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,240 He can't see a thing. What does he need a hood for? 97 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,200 We've both gotten old, son. 98 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,000 Wait. 99 00:09:37,245 --> 00:09:41,160 May all sickness and misfortune stay beyond this threshold. Spit. 100 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:42,560 - I don't want to. - Spit! 101 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:03,360 Eat, son. It's your favorite. 102 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,080 Your daughter-in-law sent this to you. 103 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:12,920 And soap, too. 104 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,365 Good boy. We've just run out of soap. 105 00:10:16,525 --> 00:10:19,400 - They all took a picture for you. - Let me see. 106 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,520 My, look at that wailing little devil. 107 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,280 - Who? Isantai? - Him. 108 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,160 Poor baby. Who hurt him? 109 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:35,645 He's so cute. Looks just like his father. 110 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:37,885 No. He looks like his mother. Everyone says that. 111 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:39,325 They don't know anything. 112 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:41,880 The first-born always looks like the father. 113 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:43,840 My little lamb! 114 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:46,400 Is he talking? 115 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,520 He is. But only in Russian, though. 116 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,440 So little and already speaking Russian, the scamp. 117 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,120 - He does go to nursery. - So? 118 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:55,840 Everyone speaks Russian there. 119 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:57,840 They could be teaching him at home. 120 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,440 - Why did she cut her hair? - It's the fashion. 121 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,680 She's turned into a man. 122 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,160 It's a disgrace. Does she paint her lips, too? 123 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:07,480 And even her nails! 124 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:09,325 So shameless! 125 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,040 All women do it in the city. 126 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,560 And the husbands just look the other way? 127 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:17,645 What are you laughing about? Your Asan has no backbone. 128 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:19,520 Letting his wife loose like that. 129 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,805 Whoever heard of a woman painting her nails? 130 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,000 My eyes can't see so good. Tell me, is that Sapar? 131 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,440 He was visiting. Sapar can blow up mountains. 132 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:31,920 - He'll bury dynamite in there, and bam! - Oh Lord! 133 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,165 They crumble. 134 00:11:33,245 --> 00:11:35,440 - Where does he blow them up? - In Toktogul. 135 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,560 They're blowing them up in our pass, too. 136 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:39,920 The foreman said to tell you to bring them kumis. 137 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,440 I don't need him to tell me. 138 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,680 - And how are your sisters doing? - They've got exams now. 139 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,920 And my brother wants to come get you and take you to the city. For good. 140 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,200 He says you're old now. Are you really old? 141 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,440 That we might be. 142 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,760 - Pour me some more. - You don't get younger with age, son. 143 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,640 There's nothing for us in the city. 144 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,400 A stallion feels good with his herd, 145 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:10,720 in his pasture. 146 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:13,840 Me and the old woman are holding on, thank God. 147 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:15,960 The horses obey us. 148 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,440 We've got kumis. 149 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,320 What else do we old folks need? 150 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,040 Let our children live in the city. 151 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,200 Aynash, take the bags! 152 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,560 Go on, Aynash. I'll do it. 153 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:37,360 What kind of children are they? 154 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,800 Other people at least have one son stay home. 155 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:45,040 - Your sons think only of themselves. - Here we go again. 156 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:48,080 One's blowing up mountains, another's building things. 157 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,325 They left the nest, and they've no more need for their parents. 158 00:12:51,405 --> 00:12:54,360 - You home, old man? - Come in, come in! 159 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:59,520 - Thought you'd gone night-herding. - I'm about to. Did you find the horse? 160 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:04,285 The city boy's here! Hello, Kalyk. 161 00:13:06,925 --> 00:13:09,520 Well, what's new in the city? 162 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:15,005 - What, is your mouth filled with talkan? - There's just no news, that's all. 163 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,925 - I said, did you find the horse? - I did. 164 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:28,680 At the construction site. 165 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,245 She got used to bringing them kumis, so she wandered there. 166 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,120 I could barely lead her here. She's lame. 167 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:38,205 - Lame? She needs examining. - There'll be time tomorrow. Thanks. 168 00:13:38,285 --> 00:13:40,880 I almost died myself while I was looking for her. 169 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,200 - Have some. - Well, I have to go. 170 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,400 We're going, too. 171 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:05,320 Old woman! 172 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,320 Bring me the saddle. 173 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,000 My damned back. 174 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:24,720 Whoa, whoa! 175 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:27,720 Old woman! 176 00:14:27,965 --> 00:14:29,760 - What else is it? - The whip! 177 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,360 Thinks his legs will fall off if he comes in himself. 178 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:35,800 Where'd he put it? 179 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:38,520 - How long do I have to wait? - Oh, here it is. 180 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:40,480 I'm coming! Stop shouting. 181 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,005 - Hold the bridle! - Easy. 182 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,640 Leave the tunduk open. 183 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,560 The weather's clear. Let the boy gaze at the stars. 184 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Walk! 185 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,280 Surround them! From the left! 186 00:16:06,525 --> 00:16:08,480 Watch out! Rope her in! 187 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:12,280 Watch out! 188 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,160 Damn it! 189 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,840 There. Careful. 190 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:20,640 There. 191 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:25,480 - Watch out! - We'll tame you, you wild she-devil! 192 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:27,320 There. That's right. 193 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:31,360 Walk! 194 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:37,960 Hold it. Don't let go! 195 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:40,560 Hold it. There. 196 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:43,240 Pull her in! 197 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:46,680 You... 198 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:48,480 Let me. 199 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:49,960 All right. 200 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:52,080 Which one is this now? 201 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,080 - The ninth. - Brand her. 202 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,320 Next one! 203 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:08,280 Stop them! 204 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:10,000 Ride in there! 205 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:11,880 Rope them in, come on! 206 00:17:14,285 --> 00:17:15,680 Don't let go. 207 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:16,760 There. 208 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:20,640 Careful! 209 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:22,760 Don't let go! 210 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,160 Tether her! Hold her tail! 211 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:28,760 - Don't let go. - Tether her tight. 212 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:32,880 Brand her! 213 00:17:58,650 --> 00:18:01,600 Where's the kumis? Why haven't you milked the horses yet? 214 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:02,880 Why is the gourd empty? 215 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:04,600 I hope they burst, your gourds! 216 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,725 I'll teach you to obey your husband, you lousy dog! 217 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,805 - They're fighting. - That's okay. They'll make up. 218 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,240 We'll see what you are like when you're married. 219 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,920 - I won't marry. - Won't you now? 220 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:54,600 Kalyk, come! 221 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:58,680 What are you crying about? 222 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,680 Well, little man, want to take kumis to the workers? 223 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:10,920 Steal yourself a girl. 224 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,040 - You steal one. - Well, well! 225 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,200 Aynash! I'll be back by nightfall. 226 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,560 Kalyk! Come over here! 227 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:50,840 Careful! 228 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:53,440 It's a thermos. 229 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,125 It's got glass inside. 230 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:02,480 The things they invent in China. 231 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,680 You pour a hot drink in there, it'll stay hot till next morning. 232 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,720 The workers can go a day without kumis. 233 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,165 Here, take it to your mother. 234 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,085 Why do you have two of them, Uncle Alym? 235 00:21:16,230 --> 00:21:18,800 I've decided to live like a human being. 236 00:21:19,405 --> 00:21:22,160 I am going to eat, drink and be merry! 237 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,520 And once they've built the road, I'm out of here. 238 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:26,765 Did you bring soap? 239 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:28,320 No. 240 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:37,120 Let your father be a wrangler if he likes it. I've had enough. 241 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,885 Nothing but horses my whole life. 242 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,205 A life like that'll drive you mad. 243 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:47,885 I hope you all die! 244 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,885 I'm wasting my golden years in this wilderness. 245 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:20,720 Alym's drunk. And he didn't bring soap. 246 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,200 What are you staring at? Move that pony. 247 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,040 Old woman! 248 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:09,840 How's your waist? 249 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:11,960 Still aching. 250 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,280 Want me to rub it? 251 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,600 Why should you bother about it? 252 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,200 Tie a woolen shawl around it. 253 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,120 I already have. 254 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:38,960 Old woman. 255 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,620 - Old woman! - What do you want? 256 00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:48,040 Seems you're getting old. 257 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:49,400 Aren't you? 258 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,200 I'm not doing too bad yet. 259 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,760 I can still marry a young girl. 260 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:57,760 What about your bald spot? 261 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,280 My bald spot. I did forget about that. 262 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,760 I've been thinking. 263 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:09,080 Well? 264 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,880 We're getting old. All the kids are in the city. 265 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,160 They've got their own worries, they don't have time for us. 266 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,400 I'll be all right. As long as they're healthy. 267 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,880 I've decided to keep Kalyk here after all. 268 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,960 Let at least one of them stay with us. 269 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,040 And school? 270 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,160 He'll get his education later. 271 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,240 How much longer are you and I going to last? 272 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:36,120 He's a stubborn boy. He might disobey you. 273 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,600 Let him try. I'm not going to ask. 274 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:53,760 Watch out! 275 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:56,000 Grab him by the neck. 276 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,045 He's a wild one. There's no taming him. 277 00:25:02,125 --> 00:25:06,040 They say horses are like people. They'll walk over you if you let them. 278 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,320 We should have tethered him long ago. 279 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:16,640 He's a strong devil. 280 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:17,800 Walk! 281 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:30,640 - Who's that on the hill? - How should I know? 282 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,040 Hold him! 283 00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:36,280 He's loose again! 284 00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:38,765 Whoa, whoa! 285 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:39,920 There. 286 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:55,440 Tether him. 287 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,885 - Must be from the construction site. - What do they want here? 288 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,445 - Hello! - As-salamu alaykum, auntie! 289 00:26:10,525 --> 00:26:13,000 - Salam, son. - Would you sell us some kumis? 290 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,800 Who sells anything to guests? I'll treat you. 291 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:17,360 Come on. 292 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,160 Lift him up, come on. 293 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,600 He won't stand up. Maybe he's sick. 294 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,600 - Some more? - That's enough, thanks. 295 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,400 Have you ever drunk kumis before? Where are you from? 296 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,960 He's come from Leningrad. No kumis there. 297 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,440 You like our land? 298 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,000 He doesn't want to go back now. 299 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:41,440 I really don't. 300 00:26:41,725 --> 00:26:44,840 City people come here and our people leave for the city. 301 00:26:46,365 --> 00:26:48,880 What were you doing there? What were you looking at? 302 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,640 Going to build a road here, and a bridge over the river. 303 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:52,880 A big road? 304 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:57,005 Straight to the border. A paved road. You'll be driving cars here. 305 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:58,320 That's great! 306 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,000 I'm scared to death of those cars. 307 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,165 How old are you, honey? 308 00:27:04,150 --> 00:27:06,200 - This plus this? - He looks old. 309 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:07,760 I'm 25 already. 310 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,320 I've got sons, grown-ups like you. 311 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,600 - One of them's in construction, too. - Hello! 312 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:16,240 The other one's blowing up mountains in Toktogul. God grant them health. 313 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:19,245 They're both educated. 314 00:27:19,405 --> 00:27:22,080 Here comes Bakai. He's the master here. He's my husband. 315 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,240 Listen, my friends, what if you built the road somewhere else? 316 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:27,960 You don't care, do you? 317 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:29,240 We can't do that. 318 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:31,120 This is the project. 319 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,520 - We'll start blasting soon. - Blasting? 320 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,000 What about us? We live here. 321 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,200 The authorities must have forgotten about us. 322 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,560 Stop talking nonsense, old woman. As if you know these things. 323 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,885 They remember us if they're bothering us. 324 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:45,200 Get to work. 325 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:49,520 - When do you reckon you'll start? - In about a week. 326 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:51,880 Where are you going to migrate? 327 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,880 We'll find a place. Plenty of land around, that's for sure. 328 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,085 Go westward. You won't be bothered there. 329 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,720 What are you doing? Leave the bird alone! 330 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,760 I'm bringing you kumis, and you want to take away the pasture? 331 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,000 What's it got to do with me? It's the project. 332 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:18,800 Don't give me that stuff! 333 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:20,400 Why do you have to blast here? 334 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,680 This is my pasture. I'm not going anywhere! 335 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,160 Enough! What does he have to do with it? Talk to the authorities. 336 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,960 Stand still! 337 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,085 Kalyk! Give me the radio! 338 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,400 Does it run on batteries, Uncle Alym? 339 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,360 I don't know. You like it? 340 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,280 - It's nice. - We don't buy what's bad. 341 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,160 We too have an eye for some things. 342 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,520 Farewell, old pasture. 343 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,645 Forgive me if I've ever wronged you. 344 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,160 Lord, bring us happiness at our new place! 345 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:01,760 Bless our children! 346 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,560 Let's go before the camels are tired. 347 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,680 - Did we take everything? - Everything. 348 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:10,320 Kalyk, did you pack everything? 349 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,680 Father, let's take the falcon with us. 350 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:20,480 What do we need him for? 351 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,520 Cut him loose. Maybe he'll fly. 352 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:35,880 Father, don't! 353 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,880 He's been tied down his whole life. 354 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:44,445 Let him have some freedom. 355 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,120 Fly, my friend! 356 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,040 Mom, how long do camels live? 357 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,720 40 or 50 years, probably. 358 00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:26,720 Why are they always chewing? Because they're bored? 359 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:28,440 Who knows. 360 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,800 Why do some have one hump and others have two? 361 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,200 I don't know, son. 362 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,280 Mom, how much longer are we going to wander? 363 00:34:55,805 --> 00:34:58,400 Until we find a good pasture. 364 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:00,160 What if it snows? 365 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,320 We'll move to the lowlands. 366 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,680 - What about school? - School can wait. 367 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,560 Atai's son is a herdsman, too. 368 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,760 He's only finished three grades, but he's already been to Moscow. 369 00:35:59,885 --> 00:36:01,400 Alym! 370 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,000 Don't shoot! There'll be a stampede! 371 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:05,640 Stop shouting! 372 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,600 What are you, drunk? What's gotten into you? 373 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:11,560 Just try shooting again! 374 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,560 Hey, you herders! 375 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:50,400 Get back! Back! You can't go there! 376 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,520 Get back! You can't go there! 377 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,600 Hey, you! Where the hell are you going? 378 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,400 They're about to blast over there! Turn around! 379 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,245 - No, don't! - Don't be shy, silly. 380 00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:27,720 Get in. 381 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:12,320 Rein him in. 382 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:04,400 That's some rain. When is it going to end? 383 00:43:31,720 --> 00:43:33,560 Anybody home? 384 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:36,605 - Wait! - Does your dog bite? 385 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:37,760 No. Come in. 386 00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:41,040 What's the point of having a dog that doesn't bite? 387 00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:42,880 - As-salamu alaykum! - Hello. 388 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,200 May the new pasture be generous to you. 389 00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:46,285 Thanks. Sit down. 390 00:43:46,365 --> 00:43:49,080 I won't say no to that. Warm myself up a bit. 391 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:51,680 What are you doing outside in this weather? 392 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,480 Looking for some calves that broke away from the flock. 393 00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:57,800 I've been all over the pass. You haven't seen them by any chance? 394 00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:01,800 What would your calves be doing in my herd? Pour us some tea. 395 00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,240 No, no tea. I'd drink some kumis. 396 00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:07,120 Hey, scamp! Was it you I flew with on that... 397 00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:09,640 - Helicopter. - Right, the helicopter? 398 00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:13,405 - Yes. - My, my. And he can read, too. 399 00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,960 Are those all your children? Thank you. 400 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:20,280 Two daughters and three sons. This one's the youngest. 401 00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:26,320 It's true what they say. It's bad without kids, not much better with them. 402 00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:30,200 I didn't think much about that when my old woman was alive. And now... 403 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:32,520 My wife is gone and my son is not much use. 404 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:33,760 Oh Lord. 405 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:38,680 Don't sigh like that, or you'll die before your old man. 406 00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:40,800 If God wills it. 407 00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:45,725 You need a good hard-working daughter-in-law now. 408 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,320 That I do, kind hostess. 409 00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:51,280 But my son can't get used to this. He wants to be in the city. 410 00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:55,005 Dragging me along with him, too. And what would I do there? 411 00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:59,245 All I know how to do is herd cows and calves. 412 00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:04,800 You going to leave on the helicopter too, my snub-nosed friend? 413 00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:06,525 We've decided to keep him. 414 00:45:06,605 --> 00:45:10,280 You're right. Not everyone should be a scholar. He's more use here. 415 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:13,720 I should have done the same thing, the fool. 416 00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:16,920 If I had known how my life was going to go, 417 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:20,120 I wouldn't have let Bektash leave my side. 418 00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:22,880 You just try and keep him. He's not a calf on a leash. 419 00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:24,120 Silence, you little snot! 420 00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,280 - Why... - Shut up or I'll spank you. 421 00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:28,680 - Why doesn't he mind his own business? - Shut up! 422 00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:32,040 Come now, don't mind him. 423 00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:34,845 He's still a kid. He doesn't know what he's saying. 424 00:45:34,925 --> 00:45:37,120 All right, got to go. 425 00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:40,240 This blasted weather. 426 00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:42,760 The skies must be cracked. 427 00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:44,800 It's pouring day and night. 428 00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:46,280 Good health to you! 429 00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:49,160 - Drink some more kumis. - No, thank you. 430 00:45:49,240 --> 00:45:51,120 I'll go look for my calves. 431 00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:52,880 Come visit us more often. 432 00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,685 Running your lousy mouth off. 433 00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:03,080 You miserable brat. 434 00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:54,120 Will you stop that, old woman? 435 00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:58,605 You want to pound the life out of me? No peace with you around. 436 00:47:12,790 --> 00:47:16,440 Alym's toi is today. Don't be late or he'll be upset. 437 00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:18,285 I won't be late. I'll be quick. 438 00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:20,640 - Don't forget to buy presents. - All right. 439 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:40,320 - As-salamu alaykum. - Oh, hello, Bakai. 440 00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:50,440 As-salamu alaykum. 441 00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:52,840 Hello, aqsaqal. 442 00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:55,000 - Brought you kumis. - That's good. 443 00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,040 As-salamu alaykum, boys. 444 00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:01,120 Hello! Have you brought kumis? 445 00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:02,680 You've been waiting, eh? 446 00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:04,960 You're right on time. It's our break soon. 447 00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:07,165 Lyosha, bring the cups! 448 00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:14,000 Hello, hello. Salam. 449 00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:19,280 - Good afternoon, aqsaqal. - Good afternoon. 450 00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:23,800 Grab your cups, boys. 451 00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:26,560 - Got it? Well, let's go have some kumis. - Here, Bakai! 452 00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:30,680 He knows his trade. He's always on time, not like Alym. 453 00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:35,920 Pour me some! 454 00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:39,440 - Me too. - Nice and cold. A nectar. 455 00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:40,800 Delicious! 456 00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:43,360 I'm back for seconds. Come on, pour it. 457 00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:51,480 Enough! You spilled it. 458 00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:52,720 Keep pouring! 459 00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:55,040 - His heart is sure in it. - Big-hearted man. 460 00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:57,080 Pour me some, too. 461 00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:59,760 Will you bring us kumis in Moscow when we're done? 462 00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:00,840 That's enough! 463 00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:03,120 - First-rate stuff! - It'll quench your thirst. 464 00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:05,880 - So, is it a deal? - Alym's kumis is not as good. 465 00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:07,520 Diluted, probably. 466 00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:09,720 It's your third cup, you're going to burst. 467 00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:12,280 Nectar of the gods. Better than champagne. 468 00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:13,680 Here's your gourd. 469 00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:16,000 Pour me some more. 470 00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:18,240 Give me the cup. I haven't had any yet. 471 00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:23,040 If you're no longer upset with me, pour me some, too. 472 00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:12,160 I remember at my toi, 473 00:51:12,240 --> 00:51:15,800 - I had even more guests than Alym! - Even more? 474 00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:17,600 My kin! Countrymen! 475 00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:20,960 My son is a year old already, 476 00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:24,360 and we'd like to cut his bonds according to our custom. 477 00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:28,200 The aqsaqal Bakai went to bring kumis to the workers. 478 00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:29,880 He'll be back soon. 479 00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:33,880 Thank you for honoring us and coming today. 480 00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:37,520 And now, dear guests, bless our son. Omen. 481 00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:38,920 - Omen. - Omen. 482 00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:43,920 May he receive the Lord's blessing and grow up brave and strong. Omen. 483 00:53:57,480 --> 00:53:59,800 Countrymen, which of your sons is the fastest? 484 00:53:59,880 --> 00:54:01,360 - Why? - Time to cut the bonds! 485 00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:02,480 It's about time! 486 00:54:03,240 --> 00:54:05,160 Where's the rope? Bring the rope! 487 00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:52,640 - Faster, faster! - Mine's in front! 488 00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:55,920 They run like young stallions. 489 00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:57,480 Run, run! 490 00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:00,920 - Let them through! - Don't stop, son! 491 00:55:05,600 --> 00:55:06,760 Me! I'm first! 492 00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:11,960 May the boy live for a hundred years. 493 00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:14,280 Have some! 494 00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:41,920 And now, a toast is in order. 495 00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,880 That's right. To Alym's son's health! 496 00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:48,125 May he live for a hundred years! 497 00:55:55,005 --> 00:55:57,805 - And now Bektash will sing for us. - Please, I'm no singer. 498 00:55:57,885 --> 00:56:00,365 - Have a drink and sing. - Thanks, but I don't drink. 499 00:56:00,445 --> 00:56:05,120 - Why'd you put down the bowl? Drink! - I can't. Thank you, but I can't. 500 00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:08,640 Don't put on airs! You're studying with musicians, and you can't sing? 501 00:56:08,720 --> 00:56:11,600 - Take the bowl! - I'm not learning to sing. I'm a pianist. 502 00:56:11,680 --> 00:56:13,680 This isn't nice. Why are you offending us? 503 00:56:13,760 --> 00:56:15,920 You don't want to drink to my son's long life? 504 00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:17,800 It's not that I don't want to. I can't. 505 00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:20,480 Look at him. He's not equal with God. 506 00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:23,805 The wretched scarecrow. Doesn't want to drink! 507 00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:27,480 You were supposed to start the toi, 508 00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:29,520 - and you're late. - Alym, come here. 509 00:56:30,440 --> 00:56:31,680 Come here. 510 00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:36,360 These are the presents for the little one. Congratulations! 511 00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:39,760 - I rode my horse almost to death. - You didn't have to go today. 512 00:56:40,760 --> 00:56:44,400 A toi without the aqsaqal. It's embarrassing. Keep them! 513 00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:49,000 Serves you right. I told you not to be late all morning! 514 00:56:49,725 --> 00:56:51,960 Won't listen to anyone, the stubborn man. 515 00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:26,400 I said you're not going, so you're not! 516 00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:28,880 - He needs to go to school. - I know what he needs! 517 00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:30,920 - He is my son, too. - Shut up! 518 00:57:32,760 --> 00:57:35,280 Don't beat me! Stop it, old man! 519 00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:38,200 Please, stop it, old man! 520 00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:43,960 Father, stop it! 521 00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:49,840 Don't beat Mom! Don't you dare beat Mom! 522 00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:55,040 Alym! Alym, are you deaf? What are you doing? Break it up! 523 00:57:55,120 --> 00:57:56,640 He'll beat her to death! 524 00:57:57,320 --> 00:58:00,080 - Father! - Don't hurt the boy! 525 00:58:00,160 --> 00:58:01,360 Don't beat Mom! 526 00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:03,000 Father! 527 00:58:50,440 --> 00:58:52,280 Oh Lord. He fell. 528 00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:55,800 What a terrible day. What happened, old man? 529 00:58:55,960 --> 00:58:59,680 Say something, old man! Lord, what misfortune. 530 00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:01,325 Alym! 531 00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:05,040 Don't just stand there, Kalyk, help me lift him up! 532 00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:07,880 Old man. Old man! 533 00:59:08,120 --> 00:59:10,600 What is it? Oh Lord. 534 00:59:12,760 --> 00:59:14,320 Wait! I'll help. 535 00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:18,000 Careful. Careful, Alym. Oh Lord, be careful. 536 00:59:20,320 --> 00:59:21,720 Where's the whip? 537 01:00:04,680 --> 01:00:06,120 Now, now, don't cry. 538 01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:07,920 Don't cry, honey. 539 01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:10,360 Jigits never cry. 540 01:00:11,560 --> 01:00:14,200 It's time to untether the foals, Aunt Urum. 541 01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:15,720 I suppose it is. 542 01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:19,325 Let's go untether the foals. Come on. 543 01:00:19,405 --> 01:00:20,925 Who's going to go night-herding now? 544 01:00:21,005 --> 01:00:23,540 I should have gone for the doctor myself. 545 01:00:23,960 --> 01:00:26,080 - I'll go. - You? 546 01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:30,000 You'll fall asleep in the saddle, fall off, break all your ribs. 547 01:00:30,080 --> 01:00:32,200 We've had enough misfortune. 548 01:00:32,360 --> 01:00:35,240 - Better watch your father. - Old woman! 549 01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:40,685 Come on, get up! 550 01:00:43,800 --> 01:00:45,360 Your father said you can go. 551 01:00:46,360 --> 01:00:48,045 Just dress warm. 552 01:00:48,680 --> 01:00:51,200 And watch the horses so they don't run off. 553 01:02:31,280 --> 01:02:33,720 Here, have some tea. 554 01:06:13,600 --> 01:06:17,280 Your father is a respected man. Everybody knows him. 555 01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:21,565 How could you raise your hand on your own father? 556 01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:24,600 You live in the city, you think you can do whatever you want. 557 01:06:25,720 --> 01:06:26,845 Here. 558 01:06:30,080 --> 01:06:32,040 You weren't taught to respect your elders. 559 01:06:33,040 --> 01:06:35,640 And Bektash, that wretched scarecrow, 560 01:06:35,720 --> 01:06:37,480 showing off at the toi. 561 01:06:37,560 --> 01:06:39,565 "I never drink," he says. 562 01:06:39,800 --> 01:06:41,600 He expects me to believe that? 563 01:06:42,125 --> 01:06:43,920 Must be boozing it up when he's alone. 564 01:06:45,240 --> 01:06:46,680 You're no saint, either. 565 01:06:46,760 --> 01:06:49,120 I pay for my drinks with money I earn. 566 01:06:49,200 --> 01:06:52,760 Bektash isn't twiddling his thumbs in the city, either. He's studying. 567 01:06:53,520 --> 01:06:54,520 Pull! 568 01:06:55,040 --> 01:06:58,400 I still had a full head of hair when he began his studying. 569 01:06:58,480 --> 01:07:00,560 So? He'll finish it and be a human being. 570 01:07:01,720 --> 01:07:04,040 Well, well, look how she's defending him. 571 01:07:04,120 --> 01:07:07,480 I'm not defending anything. I'm just saying. 572 01:07:07,720 --> 01:07:09,040 Pull it taut. 573 01:07:18,480 --> 01:07:20,320 Aynash, have you got yeast? 574 01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:21,885 Let me see. 575 01:07:23,920 --> 01:07:26,000 Son, why aren't you coming home? 576 01:07:26,520 --> 01:07:28,045 Are you scared of your father? 577 01:07:28,440 --> 01:07:29,680 Don't be. 578 01:07:30,200 --> 01:07:33,200 It'd be better if you went and asked his forgiveness. 579 01:07:35,720 --> 01:07:37,960 School's about to start, too. 580 01:07:39,400 --> 01:07:42,045 Nobody wants to think about my feelings. 581 01:07:42,200 --> 01:07:45,565 That one's sulking, this one won't say a word. 582 01:07:45,640 --> 01:07:49,405 The pain you two have caused me, the tears I've cried! 583 01:07:51,960 --> 01:07:55,320 Drink it, boys, drink it. It's a long journey to the city. 584 01:07:55,840 --> 01:07:56,840 Thank you. 585 01:07:57,880 --> 01:08:00,605 Kalyk, hurry. We'll be late to the helicopter. 586 01:08:00,685 --> 01:08:01,680 We won't. 587 01:08:03,480 --> 01:08:04,845 What about Father? 588 01:08:05,245 --> 01:08:07,040 Maybe I should wait for him, Mom? 589 01:08:07,120 --> 01:08:10,840 Better not, son. He may not let you go. I'll talk to him myself later. Go! 590 01:08:10,920 --> 01:08:13,920 - But what if he... - He won't do anything to me, son. 591 01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:16,400 He can only frighten people for show. 592 01:08:16,480 --> 01:08:18,960 So go and don't worry about me. 593 01:08:20,120 --> 01:08:22,520 Kiss Isantai and your sisters and brothers for me. 594 01:08:22,600 --> 01:08:25,120 Tell them we're living in peace. 595 01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:26,960 And study hard, you hear? 596 01:08:30,040 --> 01:08:31,320 Hold on. 597 01:08:32,600 --> 01:08:33,960 A bit more for the road. 598 01:08:35,680 --> 01:08:37,360 Don't leave any. Drink it all. 599 01:08:37,440 --> 01:08:40,360 God willing, you'll be drinking from my hands again next year. 600 01:08:42,040 --> 01:08:43,160 - Let's go! - Let's go! 601 01:08:43,245 --> 01:08:44,360 I forgot my book. 602 01:08:44,440 --> 01:08:46,560 You'll come back next year and finish it. 603 01:08:46,640 --> 01:08:47,920 Kalyk, don't fall behind! 604 01:08:54,520 --> 01:08:57,120 Goodbye, Kalyk. Have a safe journey. 605 01:08:57,720 --> 01:08:58,880 You're young people, 606 01:08:59,440 --> 01:09:02,360 - you'll study in our place. - Goodbye, Uncle Alym. 607 01:09:02,440 --> 01:09:05,440 I'd go to school too, but it's late now. They won't accept me. 608 01:09:05,520 --> 01:09:07,320 Alym! Did you forget the present? 609 01:09:07,400 --> 01:09:09,520 - Oh yes. Take this! - No need. 610 01:09:09,600 --> 01:09:11,000 - Comes in handy. - It's good! 611 01:09:11,080 --> 01:09:12,440 I'll be fine without it. 612 01:09:12,520 --> 01:09:13,800 You wind it, it'll run. 613 01:09:14,440 --> 01:09:16,240 You won't be late for school. 614 01:09:16,320 --> 01:09:18,840 We don't need watches. We've got the sun. 615 01:09:18,920 --> 01:09:23,320 And even when we're late, the horses won't mind. Now go! 616 01:09:26,280 --> 01:09:28,160 Kalyk! Wait! 617 01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:30,200 Bring back a lot of bullets! 618 01:09:30,760 --> 01:09:32,520 We'll kill wolves together. 619 01:09:50,760 --> 01:09:52,200 We really will be late! 620 01:09:52,280 --> 01:09:54,160 It's okay, the helicopter can wait. 621 01:09:54,240 --> 01:09:57,360 The foreman said he ordered it just for us. 622 01:09:59,120 --> 01:10:00,880 - Do you miss school? - No. 623 01:10:00,960 --> 01:10:01,960 I really do. 624 01:10:21,080 --> 01:10:22,680 Kalyk, it's your father! 625 01:10:22,760 --> 01:10:25,360 - As-salamu alaykum! - Hello, Uncle Batai! 626 01:10:25,440 --> 01:10:27,240 - Hello! - Alaykum assalam! 627 01:10:49,960 --> 01:10:52,440 Here. Buy books. 628 01:11:04,440 --> 01:11:06,240 Kalyk, we're late! 629 01:14:39,325 --> 01:14:43,005 THE END