Bouzkachi: The Chant of Steppes
MovieTitle | Bouzkachi, le chant des steppes |
User score | 6 |
Release date | Feb 25, 2009 |
Genre | Drama, Documentary |
Director | Jacques Debs |
Production country | France, Uzbekistan |
Run time | 90 min. |
The Chant of Steppes builds on a love triangle. Mohabat likes two men but she can not make the right choice and decides to marry the one who wins the bouzkachi contest. A poet and an artist have to cross mountains and steppes to engage in a noisy and dusty contest of horsemen in order to gain the hand and the heart of the beautiful Mohabat. The rules of the traditional Oriental game called bouzkachi are strict – a team of riders has to get the headless carcass of a ram clear of the other players to win the contest.