THE BUS

Bioscop

A long-distance coach sets off on a journey through the mountainous landscape of Tajikistan. Each of the guests on board in this slapstick comedy is pursuing a different goal. In their cramped, stuffy bus, the illustrious company runs into several individuals in need of assistance and unanticipated obstacles. An older Russian lady, Natascha, flirts with a mullah. Soviet and Tajik cultures clash. Along the way, the initially unspectacular ride turns into an odyssey into the unknown that will alter the lives of the individual passengers forever.


DER BUS
TJK 2020 / 94 min
Language: Tajik
Director: Abdulkhai Zokirov
  • Screenplay: Abdulkhai Zokirov
  • Cinematographer: Abdukarim Urokov
  • Editor: Shavkat Marupov
  • Music: Ikbol Zavkibekov
  • Sound: Khurshed Nurov
  • Cast: Suhrob Nurov, Nasriddin Nuriddinov, Abdumumin Sharifi, Manzarali Sherali, Mavlona Najmiddinova, Umed Bobomurodov
  • Production Company: Tajik Film Studios

A long-distance coach sets off on a journey through the mountainous landscape of Tajikistan. Each of the guests on board in this slapstick comedy is pursuing a different goal. In their cramped, stuffy bus, the illustrious company runs into several individuals in need of assistance and unanticipated obstacles. An older Russian lady, Natascha, flirts with a mullah. Soviet and Tajik cultures clash. Along the way, the initially unspectacular ride turns into an odyssey into the unknown that will alter the lives of the individual passengers forever.

  • Screenplay: Abdulkhai Zokirov
  • Cinematographer: Abdukarim Urokov
  • Editor: Shavkat Marupov
  • Music: Ikbol Zavkibekov
  • Sound: Khurshed Nurov
  • Cast: Suhrob Nurov, Nasriddin Nuriddinov, Abdumumin Sharifi, Manzarali Sherali, Mavlona Najmiddinova, Umed Bobomurodov
  • Production Company: Tajik Film Studios