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The Adopted Son (1999)

The Adopted Son (1999)

Drama
Release Date: 1999, February 10
Directors: Aktan Arym Kubat
Countries: France, Kyrgyz Republic
Production: Noé Productions, Noé Productions, CNC, CNC, Kyrgyzfilm, Kyrgyzfilm
Cast: Albina Imasheva

Overview:

In a remote Kyrgyz village, Beshkempir, an infant foundling, is taken in by five older women and later adopted by a couple unable to bear children of their own. Fast forward to his early teenage years, a pubescent Beshkempir is faced with all the problems of crushing on girls and courtship, reconciling with friends and dealing with death in the family. Above all he questions his place in the world as an adoptee.