Zakirzhan Muminov

Considering that Musakov’s Abdulladzhan (1991) was dedicated to Steven Spielberg, we might suggest that these four boys embody nothing more complicated than a conflict of youthful innocence with some ominous threat—the basic workings of E.T. (1982) or War of the Worlds (2005), say. That threat, however, is best understood not through vague nationalism or warmed-over socialism, but through the other reference-point of Abdulladzhan—Tarkovskii’s Stalker (1980). Musakov leaves his boys in a simplified radiance so bright and so overexposed that it no longer looks like the skies of sunny Tashkent, but a disturbing, borderless luminosity to match the flat tonal range of Stalker’s “Zone.” Our Uzbek boys are nowhere in particular; this is a broader domain than anything international.

Tashkent, 1942. At this time, the hospitable city became a refuge for tens of thousands of people tired of hunger and cold war years. In urban stores, warehouses and markets in abundance of food and other goods. All this attracts the attention of criminals of different stripes, who in search of easy money gathered in Tashkent from all over the vast country. There are several criminal groups here. At the beginning of summer in the city there is a new gang operating with special impudence and cruelty…

After a two-year absence Valentin returns home and finds his sister Alisa in a deranged state. It turns out that the girl has long been on the needle. Brother is trying to pull the sister of drug hell, but, unfortunately, Alice dies of an overdose. From that moment Valentin declares ruthless war on drug dealers.

After returning from the army, Rustam easily and naturally fits into the environment of workers from a petrochemical plant. The almost boyish carelessness and irresponsible pastime is replaced by an understanding of one's own need for a common cause, and a sense of inner dignity arises. This is what makes Rustam not reconcile himself to the fact that the brigade in which he works is among the laggards and is characterized by indiscipline. Having become a foreman, Rustam tries to create a healthy working atmosphere, takes part in the fate of Sagat, who recently returned from prison, rejects the attempts of the head of the shop to bribe the trust of the brigade with a "fake" salary. And outside the factory, he acts from a position of active kindness, although sometimes, helping others, he forgets about himself, does not have time to sort out the relationship with his girlfriend Lucy...

The plot is based on the story of a former teacher who became one of the leaders of the party leadership of Uzbekistan, involved in the "cotton business". He is accidentally killed by his own son in a shootout with assassins of party mafiosi.

Repak does not get tired of chasing the ghost of a romantic life, although reality proves to him every time that such a life does not exist for him. The fate of the Rappak traces the fate of a whole generation who have not found their place in people's lives.

The potter, who created a friend out of clay, ended up with a vile creature that brought evil and sorrow to those around him.

A high-crime investigator goes to the scene where corruption and crime have taken on new and sophisticated forms in the mountainous southern region of the country. Under the guise of a random train robbery, individual cars loaded with waste from metallurgical production - and essentially enriched gold ore - are stolen. The kidnappers have all the means at their disposal. They mercilessly kill those who try to stop them from stealing tons of gold...

A young doctor serving cotton growers goes to the city. On the highway, when trying to overtake a motorcade, the traffic police stops the car. The events that take place next are an accurate and witty model of a life permeated through and through with absurd relationships, ridiculous demands and inexplicable prohibitions...