Tulpan
April 25th, 2009
Tulpan is a young woman in Kazakhstan who we never really get to see and whose role is minor yet significant. Asa is a young man back from a stint in the navy which is diametrically opposed to his barren landlocked home on the Kazakh Steppe. On his return he must share a tent with his sister and her nomadic family since he can not become a shepherd on his own – he must be married. Such is des ...