The Land Where Winds Stood Still

The Land Where Winds Stood Still 2023 Directed by Ardak Amirkulov Жел тоқтаған жер

Windy steppes of Kazakhstan. Starving people ravenously eat donkeys and their weaker comrades. Frantic, raw, gripping, and cannibalistic western inspired by testimonies of the historical Great Famine of the 1930s. Ruthless Jupar with her two boys Jolan and Boshay runs for survival to reach her childhood village with hopes to find living relatives. A mother with no tears to cry endures rains, sandstorms, feverish famine, poisoned crops, hungry vultures, rotten meat, and greedy betrayals. Jupar will have to steal, cut throats, and protect her and others’ children to witness fates worse than death.

Country Kazakhstan

Production Country Kazakhstan

Language Kazakh

Spoken Language Kazakh

Gneres Drama , History

Production Companies Kazakh Cinema , Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan , ArdFilm

Release Date 16 November 2023

108 mins