Man Follows Birds (1975)

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Man Follows Birds on IMDb 7.0/10 71 votes

Released:
1975-10-03

Overview:
Man Follows Birds is a coming-of-age story of a young Uzbek poet surrounded by violence. Farouk is fascinated by trees and Khamraev films him with a lot of melancholy and tenderness. Cast apart because he’s poor and his father’s drunk, Farouk is not happy in his village. When his father dies, he decides to go in the mountains with his best friends. Looking for nature at its purest, the two teenage boys have to deal with the cruelty of violent barbarians. Their trip will also make them meet a lost orphan girl and a wise beggar.

Director:
Ali Khamraev

Runtime:
1h 27min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Dzhanik Fayziev
    as
    Farukh
  • Dilorom Kambarova
    as
    Amandyra
  • Abdugani Saidov
  • Nargiz Avazova
  • Melis Abzalov