Bolat Kalymbetov Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Bolat Kalymbetov
Directing
Biography
Bolat Nurgalievich Kalymbetov (Kazakh: Болат Нұрғалиұлы Қалымбетов; born 20 June 1955; Narynkol) is a Soviet and Kazakh actor, director and screenwriter. He graduated from the acting faculty of the Kazakh State Conservatory. Kurmangazy in 1977 (bridge. People's Artist of the USSR and the Kazakh SSR, Professor H. Bukeeva); directing faculty of the Almaty State Theater and Art Institute in 1989. Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR (1984). He starred in more than 50 films, actively working both at his native Kazakhfilm studio and at other studios of the former Soviet Union. Teacher of the Acting Department at the Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after Zhurgenov.
Filmography Movies
Acting
Racketeer
Set in the early 1990s in Almaty, the film follows Sayan, a promising young boxer who decides to punch his way into a better life by joining a local criminal gang. As he climbs the ranks of the underworld, he quickly learns that the path of a racketeer comes with a heavy price, and some choices can never be undone. A gritty, first-person account of ambition, loyalty, and the inevitable reckoning in a lawless era.
We Are Adults
After graduating from school, Zholaman comes to the Mangyshlak peninsula and becomes an oil worker. Viewers will learn about how he grows up and matures, about his friends and his first youthful love…
Ademoka’s Education
Ademoka is a headstrong and gifted 15-year-old girl whose big dream is to study. Her status as Lyuli an illegal immigrant from Tajikistan is a serious obstacle to this. She is exploited by her extended family and forced to beg on the streets, she manages to free herself from the family, when they get deported she has to choose between family and education. She gets helped on the way by some oddball characters, who come to her aid against the corrupt system and the patriarchal family.
Herd Immunity
Selkeu Uashev is a local police officer at Karatas village. He’s not a man of high morals and can hardly be called a role model as a policeman. He turns a deaf ear to lots of criminal offences and takes bribes. For that he’s loved a lot by local criminals and frauds. But one day the commission arrives from the city to declare the big audit all over the village due to pandemic…
Late Love
In the center of the plot are three friends, three old men who swore in the name of the happiness of their friend Kaltay to marry him, no matter what. They do not suspect that soon they will have to get into the whirlpool of incredible, but fun adventures. Especially since love is the cause of everything.
Seker
Seker is a girl who was raised as a son by a father who wanted his first child to be a boy as tradition in the countryside family demands. When Seker approaches the age of adolescence she faces a mandate from the local school: put on a dress or don't return. So finally gaining her father's permission she turns from a fist-fighting boy into a blossoming young girl.
Ompa
A story about two friends-pilots who despite of having a bit of trouble with luck don't give up on hope & optimism.
By the Field's Curb
The famous striker of the capital's football team Askar Temirov, having said goodbye to big sports, returns to his hometown to train the regional team.
At Red Stones Outpost
The film takes place near the border outpost "Red Stones". Three guys: the grandson of a herdsman, his cousin, who came on vacation from the city and the daughter of the head of the frontier post, met by chance in the Kazakh border steppes, where they spent time playing games. But when the real danger comes to replace the games, the guys proved to be real border guards.
My Brother
A biographical film about the life of Gani Muratbaev, the founder of the Komsomol in the Kazakh SSR .
Production
Darling
A harsh, sometimes poignantly lyrical narrative about everyday and sometimes hopeless life in the Kazakh provincial hinterland.
The Last Cold Days
May 1945. In a small town of the province of Kazakhstan, far from the front of the war draws to a close, young Vladik and Mary, and Akezhan, a boy a bit ‘largest are among the displaced. It is through the eyes of the latter, his feelings and his reactions, that we enter into intimacy with the different characters and their stories.
The Last Cold Days
May 1945. In a small town of the province of Kazakhstan, far from the front of the war draws to a close, young Vladik and Mary, and Akezhan, a boy a bit ‘largest are among the displaced. It is through the eyes of the latter, his feelings and his reactions, that we enter into intimacy with the different characters and their stories.
Mukagali
A Man of great talent. Misunderstood and censored genius. Loving caring father. Lonely fighter for freedom. Eagle of High Mountains. Lucky, but Ill-fated Poet, whom we never knew. Mukagali Makataev became recognized only after his death in 1976. Nowadays he is named as legendary poet of Kazakh literature.
Sardar
Two friends Kulzha and Akberdy grew up in the same village. Kurzha's father, the valiant Kazakh batyr Kangerey, was captured by the Dzungars. When Kulzha and Akberdy grew up, they decided to find Kangerey and save the Steppe from the hated Dzungars.
Talan
Two boys remain orphans in a difficult time of famine and repression. Meeting friends in a few years will be unexpected for both. This is a myth about the price that a person had to pay to survive during the military dictatorship.
Talan
Two boys remain orphans in a difficult time of famine and repression. Meeting friends in a few years will be unexpected for both. This is a myth about the price that a person had to pay to survive during the military dictatorship.
Mukagali
A Man of great talent. Misunderstood and censored genius. Loving caring father. Lonely fighter for freedom. Eagle of High Mountains. Lucky, but Ill-fated Poet, whom we never knew. Mukagali Makataev became recognized only after his death in 1976. Nowadays he is named as legendary poet of Kazakh literature.
My Darling
Through the fates of two young teenagers in love, the social drama of a generation unfolds. The devastating consequences of explosions at the now-abandoned nuclear test site leave an indelible mark on the development and character formation of the young protagonist and his generation.
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