Academics

New Asia Cinema 2011: Uzbekistan

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 • 7:00 pm

Flavin Auditorium - Isenberg 137
UMass Amherst Campus
Handicap access available
 

Luna Papa
1999, directed by Bakhtier Khudoinazarov
107 minutes, in Russian with English subtitles

Directed by a Tajik filmmaker based on a Georgian folktale transplanted to Uzbekistan, this delightfully fantastical modern fairy tale revels in colorfully eccentric storytelling to create a Central Asian cinematic landscape.