Rashid Nugmanov

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Rashid Nugmanov

Born March 19, 1954 · Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (age 72)

Rashid Nugmanov (Russian: Рашид Мусаевич Нугманов; born March 19, 1954; Alma-Ata) is a Soviet and Kazakh film director, dissident, political activist and founder of the Kazakh New Wave cinema movement. Rashid Nugmanov was born into a Muslim Kazakh family on March 19, 1954. After graduating in 1977 from the Architectural Institute in Alma-Ata, Nugmanov enrolled at the prestigious Moscow State Film…

Known For

The NeedleThe Needle · 1989
The Needle
6.81989
MovieDramaThriller
Moro returns to Alma-Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition.
The Needle RemixThe Needle Remix · 2010
The Needle Remix
5.12010
MovieDramaThriller
Remix of the 1988 cult movie "The Needle": Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina, and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition. But Moro finds a deadly opponent in "the doctor," the mafia kingpin who is exploiting Dina.
The Wild EastThe Wild East · 1993
The Wild East
4.91993
MovieActionDrama
The Solar Children, a group of dwarves who left the circus, are trying to start a settlement in the Kyrgyzstan wilderness just after the breakup of the Soviet Union, but are harassed by a gang of bikers. With their meager savings, they hire a ragtag group of heroes to drive off the bikers.
BATU: Historical DetectiveBATU: Historical Detective
BATU: Historical Detective
MovieDocumentary
Genghis Khan's favorite grandson, Batu investigates the mystery of his father's death. Uncovering a conspiracy in his own family, he creates a powerful empire to administer justice against the culprits.
YahhaYahha · 1986
Yahha
5.21986
MovieDramaDocumentary
A kaleidoscopic living diary of the underground rock scene in Leningrad just before perestroika.
The Stray White and the SpeckledThe Stray White and the Speckled · 1986
The Stray White and the Speckled
5.51986
MovieDrama
In a poor provincial town, the ragamuffin boys are frenziedly drilled for combat, and at nights the local elite, gathered in a pool room, boasts of fictitious biographies, while bands of boys amuse themselves with bloody fights on trashy vacant plots… One of the most vivid staples of the postwar childhood were pigeons. They could be bought, sold or stolen. One day a beautiful white dove appeared over the town. Risking his life, Ivan caught the White. And immediately became the target of the "pigeon" mafia…
Antarctica Double CrossingAntarctica Double Crossing · 2020
Antarctica Double Crossing
2020
MovieDocumentary
Two brothers plan to double-cross Antarctica by cars but the swiftly approaching polar night puts their lives in danger

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