In search of Shambala - film review by Asian World Film Festival Co-founder and Managing Director Asel Sherniyazova
AKIPRESS.COM - The first film based on Chingiz Aitmatov s novella
The White Ship was shot more than 40 years ago by the famous Kyrgyz director Bolot Shamshiev. When I first heard about Artyk Suyundukov s new film Shambala, also based on Aitmatov s story, I feared a remake of Shamshiev s film. However, the new version is not only dissimilar to the original, but portrays very different events to those described in the book. The general theme is the same but the chronology and events differ and it is set in modern-day Kyrgyzstan.