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Kalykbek Salykov

Born August 26, 1954 · Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Died January 1, 1995 · aged 40

Kalykbek Sadykovich Salykov (Kazakh: Калыкбек Садыкович Салыков; born in 26 August 1954; Alma-Ata) is a Soviet and Kazakh film director. He is considered one of the pioneers of the Kazakh New Wave. Graduated from the directing department of the Alma-Ata State Theater Art Institute (1980), Alma-Ata Conservatory (1980). He worked at the Shymkent Regional Drama Theater (1980-1981). In cinema since 1…

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Lovers of December

Lovers of December · 1992

Lovers of December

A mother can't stand her son, a sister can't stand her brother, a woman in love can't stand her lover... Love communication brings them neither joy nor liberation, giving them only some oblivion. All this is determined by the atmosphere of fear...

Balcony

Balcony · 1988

A surgeon identifies his patient as his childhood neighbor, and remembers their life in Alma-Ata in the fifties. Then they grew in a period of ending Stalinism, among adults who were both coward and brave. He's dreaming about the balcony, which was their refuge.

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Lovers of December

Lovers of December · 1992

Lovers of December

A mother can't stand her son, a sister can't stand her brother, a woman in love can't stand her lover... Love communication brings them neither joy nor liberation, giving them only some oblivion. All this is determined by the atmosphere of fear...

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Balcony

Balcony · 1988

A surgeon identifies his patient as his childhood neighbor, and remembers their life in Alma-Ata in the fifties. Then they grew in a period of ending Stalinism, among adults who were both coward and brave. He's dreaming about the balcony, which was their refuge.

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