Man Follows Birds (1975)

5.4/10 87 min Drama

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.

Cast

Dzhanik Fayziev

Farukh

Dilorom Kambarova

Amandyra

Khikmat Latypov

Bakhtiyer Ikhtiyarov

Bolot Beyshenaliev

Shukhrat Irgashev

Jamol Hoshimov

Yahyo Fayzullayev

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