BEYOND THE STEPPES
synopsis
The story of a woman’s forced journey to the steppes of Central Asia.Nina, a young Polish woman, is deported with her baby by the Soviet Army in 1940, to the deep hostile lands of the USSR. She has to work in a sovkhoz under the control of the Russian political police. When her child becomes ill, she leaves on a search to find medications with a group of Kazakh nomads.
international title: | Beyond the Steppes |
original title: | Beyond the Steppes |
country: | Belgium, Poland |
sales agent: | The Party Film Sales |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Vanja D'Alcantara |
film run: | 83' |
screenplay: | Vanja D'Alcantara |
cast: | Agnieszka Grochowska, Aleksandra Justa, Borys Szyc, Ahan Zolanbiek, Tatiana Tarskaja |
cinematography by: | Ruben Impens |
film editing: | Virginie Messiaen |
art director: | Marek Warszewski |
costumes designer: | Magda Rutkiewicz |
music: | Virginie Messiaen |
producer: | Denis Delcampe, Annemie Degryse |
production: | Need Productions, Lunanime, Akson Studio |
backing: | MEDIA Programme |