Olzhas Nusuppaev Movies
- 2008
In this modern-day fantasy from writer and director Guka Omarova, Aidai (Neisipkul Omarbekova) is an elderly woman living in a small village in Kazakhstan. Aidai has a variety of supernatural talents -- she can heal the sick, predict the future, and help others recover lost belongings or loved ones. While outsiders are often skeptical of Aidai's claims, locals are thoroughly convinced that her gifts are genuine, and one of the more prosperous men in the village, Batir (Farkhat Amankulov), purchased the property she calls home and lets her stay there for free as a show of gratitude after she helped his young son Asan (Almat Ayanov) recover from a deep depression when his mother passed on. Arman (Nurlan Alimzhanov) is an unscrupulous thug who wants to open a filling station on the property where Aidai stays, and while neither she or Batir are interested in selling, he's not willing to take no for an answer, and bullies the local police into arresting Aidai on the grounds that she's a fraud. However, Aidai has her own ways of proving that her talents as a shaman are for real. Baksy (the title comes from a Kazak word for "shaman") was an official entry at the 2008 Sochi Open Russian Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Neisipkul Omarbekova, Farkhad Amankulov, (more)
A teenage boy is thrown into a world of love, death, and deception in this powerful drama. Mustafa (Olzhas Nusuppaev) is a 15-year old boy living in Kazakhstan in the early 1990s. Nicknamed "Schizo" by his schoolmates because of several incidents of emotional instability, Mustafa left school and works for Sakura (Eduard Tabischev), his mother's boyfriend, who helps to organize bare-knuckle boxing tournaments for a cadre of bookmakers. Mustafa's job is to find likely fighters for Sakura, and one of the first prospects he brings in is Ali (Gairatzhan Tokhgibakier), who is only a few years older than Mustafa himself. Ali is matched against a large and experienced heavyweight and does not survive the fight; as he lies dying, Ali gives Mustafa all his money and asks him to deliver it to Zinka (Olga Landina), Ali's girlfriend and the mother of his five-year-old daughter. But Mustafa doesn't have the heart to tell Zinka that Ali has died and delivers the money with a story that her boyfriend has gone missing. Mustafa is quite taken with Zinka and begins spending most of his spare time with her; Zinka eventually catches on to the fact Ali is not coming back and persuades Mustafa to set up her uncle Zhaken (Bazkitbek Baimuzhanbetov) in one of Sakura's fights. An experienced boxer, Zhaken wins the fight and splits the purse with Zinka, who decides to accept Mustafa as her new beau. Schizo is the first feature film from screenwriter and actress Guka Omarova. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Olzhas Nusuppaev, Olga Landina, (more)
