Valley of the Ancestors

Valley of the Ancestors (1989) is a Kyrgyz drama by Kadyrzhan Kydyraliev that you can watch online on iFILM. It follows a mountain village that life has slowly drained away.

High in the Kyrgyz mountains a once-large settlement stands nearly empty. Three old men have stayed behind to mind the abandoned houses, but they aren't the only ones who ache for the place — a young man back from his army service feels it too. Could people be drawn home, to where the air is cleaner and the land more honest than any city? The demobilized soldier tries to answer with action rather than words.

This is unhurried cinema about memory, roots and the emptying countryside, featuring Darkul Kuyukova. It suits anyone who loves national filmmaking and quiet stories of people bound to their land. Stream Valley of the Ancestors (1989) online on iFILM.