White Mountains
White Mountains
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White Mountains

White Mountains

1964
Drama
1h 3m
In the winter of 1916 the Kyrgyz population rebelled against the oppression of tsarist henchmen. Spontaneous rebellion was drowned in blood. Those who escaped from the sword and bullets of punishers, fled across the mountains to the border. White Mountains was the first film to express the spirit of the nation, its wisdom, strength and perseverance during hard times. It was shot in 1964, during the period of the so-called Thaw... (MUBI)

White Mountains

1964
Drama
1h 3m
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Avg Percentile 60.4% from 27 total ratings

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Rated 24 Feb 2013
85
80th
Very enjoyable, from the beautiful cinematography (every film should be set in the snow) to the riveting chase scenes, from the fascinating locale (camels!) to how the film played on my emotions. Normally tonal inconsistency can irk me but here it just added to the flurry of emotions, and though I could understand someone finding the film a bit lacking and needing padding out ultimately the film's simplicity was part of its appeal to me. Wonderful stuff.
Rated 06 Mar 2012
40
14th
Considering the background history, this has immense importance as Kyrgyzstan's cinema, and its stripped down 63 running time would have allowed it to keep the barest essentials of its tale while paradoxically expanding upon it. Sadly, regardless of its country of origin, it's a disinteresting film whose skeletal structure leads to little of interest.

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