La voix des steppes
(2014)
Year: 2014
Runtime: 93 мин
Country: France, Kazakhstan
Director: Жерар Депардье, Ермек Шинарбаев
Cast: Жерар Депардье, Берик Айтжанов, Natalie Dessay, Нуржуман Ихтымбаев, Karlygash Mukhamedzhanova, Ерик Жолжаксынов
Plot
A little boy Anatole lives in 1960s in the steppe in Kazakhstan with his parents-archaeologists. One day he witnesses the accidental death of his brother, this drama traumatizes the boy so much that he loses his ability to speak. Once he meets an old Kazakh who will teach him to hear again the world around him and will teach him how to speak again. The whole life of Anatole depends from now on from his ability to hear. His ear connects him to the world. 50 years later, the steppe calls him again.