FICTION

Luna Papa

Bakhtiyar Khudojnazarov
Luna Papa is the romantic fairy tale of a young Tajik girl named Mamlakat. On a clear night with a full moon, she is made pregnant by a stranger who disappears later that evening. With the intention of finding the man and blotting out her shame, Mamlakat, her father and her retarded brother set out on an unbelievable and tragicomic search through the wild countryside of Central Asia.
Technical Data
Running time: 100
Format: 35 mm
Sound: Dolby Stereo
Language spoken: Tadschik
Subtitles: English
Production year: 1999
Credits
Director(s):
Writer(s): Irakli Kvirikadze
Cinematography: Piromuv Rotislav, Dusan Joksimovic
Editing: Bettina Mazakarini
Key cast: Chulpan Khamatova, Ato Mukhamedjanov, Moritz Bleibtreu, Merab Ninidse, Lola Mizorakhimova
Producer: Bakhtiyar Khudojnazarov
Producers: Michael Seeber, Heinz Stussak, Karl Baumgartner
Production company
Prisma Film-und Fernsehproduktion GmbH
Rathausstraße 3/18
1010 Vienna
tel:+43 1 406 37 70
With
Pandora Film (D), Thomas Koerfer Film (CH), Les Films de L'Observatoire