Maimil (2001)
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Mirlan Abdykalykov, Dzylykcy Dzakypov, Sergey Golovkin, Alexandra Mitrokhina
In a bleak Kyrgyz industrial town, seventeen-year-old Chimp faces adolescent uncertainty, self-consciousness, and unrequited love as military service approaches.
The story
In a bleak, restless small town in Kyrgyzstan’s industrial wasteland, seventeen-year-old “Chimp,” nicknamed for his ears, and his friends pass their time fighting, partying, and working at an iron-ore factory before military service. The town’s boredom and confusion are among the familiar torments of adolescence. Chimp is troubled by unrequited love for a former classmate and a sense of his own ugliness; his platonic feelings for a boy his age add to his emotional uncertainty.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
A bleak, restless small town in the industrial wasteland of Kyrgyzstan. Plagued by boredom, confusion, and sex—all the usual torments of adolescence. Seventeen-year-old “Chimp” (so called because of his ears) and his friends pass the time fighting, partying, and working at the iron-ore factory before they have to do their military service. “Chimp” has more than enough problems: he experiences unrequited love for a former classmate. His platonic feelings for the boy his own age are overshadowed by his sense of his own ugliness. He is enchanted by the femininity of a switchman, but does not dare protect her from the boorishness of the drunken workers in his brigade; his sexual maturity demands to be fulfilled, but he is humiliated by the crude erotic game of a local prostitute. His father is a self-loathing chronic alcoholic, and his long-suffering mother has had enough. She leaves him, taking “Chimp’s” little sister with her.
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