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      Ulzhan

      2007 1h 45m Drama List
      Reviews 62% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings A man finds inner peace wandering the steppes of Asia. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member I usually don't like this kind of movies but this one was an exception, Bleak & Stunning without annoying cliches & preachings that are common is this kind of movies, Another great movie from the director of The Tin Drum Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Beautifully shot in the amazing Kazakhstan landscapes but it is hard to have compassion for the main characters. Schlondorff certainly did better flicks. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Ulzhan is damn weird. I loved it at the VCU French Film Festival in 2008, and I've been trying to see it again since. You find yourself wondering what it is--film noir? Magical realism? Spy story? Pilgrimage? Man versus nature? It starts with a man in Kazakhstan clearly having problems with his identity as he sheds passports and belongings and heads across the steppes on foot. On the way to a storied mountain using what he claims is a treasure map, he is joined by nomadic spirits who want to know what he's really after. It's hard to compare this to another movie, but it's got a few gists in common with the quirky existentialism of I Heart Huckabees. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Luved the film... Torreton was very convincing, Ayanat Ksenbai is very beautiful and played well as-well for her 4th film...in french! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A stunning road movie about humanity. The story is pretty slender but it's full of ideas and works at a number of levels, from damaged humans to the damaged environment. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Un road movie bouleversant, mais qu'il faut "meriter" : au debut du film, le personnage principal ne parle jamais, on ne sait rien de lui ni de ses motivations, ni le pourquoi de ses actes apparemment absurdes. Au fur et a mesure des ses rencontres (improbables) dans la steppe kazakhe, on commence a percevoir ses motivations mais, jusqu'au tout dernier photogramme, le doute subsiste. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A man finds inner peace wandering the steppes of Asia.
      Director
      Volker Schlöndorff
      Producer
      Sergei Azimov
      Screenwriter
      Jean-Claude Carrière
      Production Co
      Fly Times Pictures
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (DVD)
      Feb 9, 2010
      Runtime
      1h 45m