This Is What I Remember
2023, Kirghiz. Directed by Aktan Arym Kubat.
An amnesiac old man Zarlyk who after twenty-three years of ordeal in a foreign land, returns to his homeland. Events take place in a village in Kyrgyzstan, where he is brought by his matured son Kubat. Much has changed during his absence: the morals of the villagers, mired in the realities of a changing world, radicalization of Islam, growing crime, and moral corrosive corruption began to consume... Zarlyk’s wife Umsunai, having lost hope of his return, went into religion, married the local authority Jaichy. The bright past invades the already accustomed Umsunai’s life. But nothing touches Zarlyk. An inexplicable passion for collecting garbage replaced him everything. Will the memory return to him and will Umsunai gain lost happiness when they are pressed by tight attitudes and immorality of the clergy, when love has eclipsed recklessness?
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Kirghiz
- Rated
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This Is What I Remember is streaming on Klassiki in India.
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Cast & crew
- Aktan Arym KubatDirector
- Aktan Arym KubatZarlyk
- Mirlan AbdykalykovZarlyk's Son
- Taalaikan AbazovaUmsunai
- Elnura OsmonalievaMeerim
- Nazym MendebairovJaichy
- Anar NazarkulovaKadicha (Mother-in-Law)
- Gulmira TursunbaevaCast
- Nasreddin DubashevCast
- Erkin SalievCast
- Maksat MamyrkanovCast
- Mars TugelovCast
- Tynchtyk AbylkasymovCast
Details
- Released
- 21 September 2023
- Original title
- Esimde
- Country
- France, Japan, Kyrgyz Republic, Netherlands, Singapore
- Written by
- Dalmira Tilepbergen, Aktan Arym Kubat
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This Is What I Remember runs 105 minutes (1h 45m).
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This Is What I Remember is streaming on Klassiki in India. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed This Is What I Remember?
This Is What I Remember (2023) was directed by Aktan Arym Kubat and stars Aktan Arym Kubat, Mirlan Abdykalykov, Taalaikan Abazova.