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Songs from the Southern Seas is a film of genre Drama directed by Marat Sarulu released in USA on 27 july 2010 with Fabian Hinrichs

Songs from the Southern Seas (2009)

Songs from the Southern Seas
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Released in USA 27 july 2010
Length 1h22
Directed by
Genres Drama
Rating66% 3.3103253.3103253.3103253.3103253.310325

Songs from the Southern Seas or Song from the Southern Seas (Kazakh: Pesn' Juzhnykh Morej, 2008) is a Kazakh, German, French and Russian film directed by Marat Sarulu and produced by Sain Gabdullin, Karsten Stoter, Benny Dreschsel, Yuri Obukhov, Guillaume de Seille with English subtitles. The film was made under the following banners— Kino Company, Rohfilm, Kinoproba, Arizona Films.

Synopsis

The film revolves around the life of two couples: Ivan and his wife Mariia who are Russians; and Asaan and his wife who are Kazakh. Both families are living in camaraderie in a village in Great Steppe in Kazakhstan till a twist occurs in their lives. Maria gets pregnant and gives birth to a baby boy with dark complexion. Seeing the new-born's skin color, Ivan becomes suspicious and feels Maria has an affair with Asaan, who has similar complexion. After some time, Asaan's wife also becomes pregnant and gives birth to a child with ginger-color complexion, which is similar to Ivan's complexion. This causes a rift between the two families that lasts 15 years and then takes a fateful turn. The young son of Asaan left his school studies and starts wandering around on his horse, gets into trouble with horse riders of Kyrgyz for stealing their cattle. His brother-in-law, a Cossack, also thrashes him for his lack of knowledge of his genealogy. Ivan, feeling rootless, meets his grandfather, who tells him about his family's multinational background. During this time Asaan is also in search of his distinct personality and sitting on the steppe, broods about a “woman of the southern seas” who could give him peace of mind. The film is set around the Lake Issyk-kul in Kyrgyzstan.

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Fabian Hinrichs

(Victor / Wilhelm)
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