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ACTOR
Philippe TorretonAyanat KsenbaiDavid BennentMaximilien Muller
DIRECTOR
Volker Schlöndorff
SYNOPSICS
Ulzhan (2007) is a French,Kazakh,Russian movie. Volker Schlöndorff has directed this movie. Philippe Torreton,Ayanat Ksenbai,David Bennent,Maximilien Muller are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2007. Ulzhan (2007) is considered one of the best Drama movie in India and around the world.
Somewhere in the endless steppes of Central Asia lies a treasure. One man holds the key to it, a fragment of an ancient map. But in his restless quest, Charles isn't looking for fame or glory. He's looking for a way to heal his wounded soul. He's looking for love. Ulzhan felt it the first time she laid eyes on him.
Ulzhan (2007) Trailers
Ulzhan (2007) Reviews
A real movie
Just happened to me seeing this great film on the Arte Channel yesterday night. I was sitting there and was literally fascinated and captured by its cinematographic language. Finally a real movie! There are so little good movies... today. Because fifty years of television ruined and profaned the art of cinematic storytelling, compromising the ability of the spectator to enjoy such a resource and representation of life. A beautiful and sacred movie, a must see. But there's only one thing, at the end, and I don't know why I feel like this, this film I thought could have had a more crystalline happy ending. Many many congratulations to the director, keep up the good work!
Sadness on Asian steps
I watched this film at Istanbul Film Festival recently and it certainly placed itself among the top 3 of my favorites this year. What a way to express a man's sadness, desperate situation, and bitterness, due to the loss of his loved ones! And a wonderful way to express a woman's loyalty. It was also great pleasure to watch the wild view of the Asian steppes, while the plot slowly penetrated into my mind and heart. Last but not least, the beautiful actress and her non-exaggerated acting are worth mentioning. Being a person from an eastern culture, this film appealed a lot to me. There is a lot of spirit in the film, with a subtle expression of emotions. All in all, Schlöndorff made my day.
A Beautiful Film
Wow, that last comment read a lot more into the film than I think was intended. Ulzhan is no slave. She is life and hope. She is the nagging voice inside that says "live!" when everything else is death and despair. This film most was appropriately titled Ulzhan. Even though we don't meet her until far into the film, her role is not lessened. It's important to feel his despair before she enters. When I saw this film at a French film festival in Virginia, the audience was silent at the end not because we didn't like the film, but because of it's weight and in wonder. I imagine the end of the story depends on whether you are a glass is half-full or half-empty kind of person. This film is one of my all time favorites.
High steppe-ing
I really like this film, but I find it frustrating because it reminds me of another film from over a decade ago - maybe several decades - and I cannot for the life of me remember what it is. Schlöndorff is a film-maker whom I have never really admired, yet here he makes what really ought to be dross into a ethereal almost masterpiece. In a way, the film is in two discreet sections - first Charles leaves 'the world' behind. He leaves behind his car and vice (as in prostitutes, drugs) money - in the oilfields - and his identity (when he jettisons his papers). So he loses everything, then he sets out to discover everything. First the very beautiful and charming Ulzhan, then the crazy Shakuni played by David Bennent. Then the 'meaning of life', perhaps. It is Shakuni's character who is driving me crazy. A man who sells words... I am sure there is another film with such a man - maybe a Godard film... Anyway, the brilliant central section set in the steppes is absolutely magnificent - the bleak desert exteriors and the desolate abandoned settlements and gulag-style prisons look like something left over from Herzog's 'Fata Morgana'. Why I like - nay love - this film is that it ought to be bleak and unforgiving and depressing, but there is such rich humanity in its characters, and such consistently expressive imagery and montage in its style that it is gently euphoric.
A never empty desert
This film is a road movie with no road, a journey without goal and some beings who are no more or not yet human. But they are and that keeps your eyes on the screen. The movie is a spiritual quest filmed with "a sort of" realism. The beautiful landscapes of the steppe are full of oil wells or ruined kholkoz or nuclear test ground. Characters are alive, even when they are, like the main character, dead inside. You have to find your own moral of this story. It depends probably on where you are on your own way. Anyway, Ulzhan can help you to think of life, death, rebirth and many other topics. Magical with no magic, this never empty desert waits for what you will pour inside.