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Kosh Ba Kosh
Directed byBakhtyar Khudojnazarov
Screenplay byBakhtyar Khudojnazarov
Leonid Mahkamov
Produced byBakhtyar Khudojnazarov
StarringDaler Madjidav
Paulina Galvez
Music byAchmad Bakaev
Production
companies
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesTajikistan
Russia
Germany
Switzerland
Japan
LanguageRussian

Kosh Ba Kosh (Russian: Кош-ба-кош), also known as Odd and Even, is a 1993 Russian-Tajik film directed by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov. It won a Silver Lion at the 50th Venice International Film Festival

Plot summary

In 1993, a young Tajik woman named Mira returns to her hometown Dushanbe after living in Russia in the early years immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union. She learns shortly after arriving that her father has gambled her away to an old man, Ibrohim, who is eagerly claiming his prize. Mira goes into hiding while the Tajik Civil War rages outside. She meets and falls in love with Daler, the local cable car driver.

Filming location

The film was shot in the Tajikistan capital Dushanbe, and is overshadowed by the gunfire of the civil war that broke out during the shooting.[1]

Cast

  • Daler Madjidav as Daler
  • Paulina Galvez as Mira
  • Alisher Kasimov as Farhad
  • Bokhodur Djurabajev as Mira's father
  • Radzhab Khuseynov as Ibrohim

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Film Screening: Kosh Ba Kosh (1993)". Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  2. ^ "50th Venice Film Festival 1993 - FilmAffinity". Retrieved 2017-05-28.