Good Morning, my Sun!

by Uljana Konowalowa

Kyrgyzstan, 2008
Betacam SP
Colour
Length: 34’
Language: Bulgarian

The moving story of a woman who lost her sight more than twenty years earlier. However, this did not discourage her: she is not afraid, and has overcome every difficulty to raise her children and three grandchildren. She has lived for forty years in a modest village in the mountains. It is here that each morning, opening the window and feeling the light upon her face, she greets the sun and her land to which she feels strong ties, despite her blindness. The day arrives when, after a lifetime here, she is forced to leave for an uncertain future. The separation is sad, slow, and painful. For the woman, leaving her home is worse than having lost hersight. Not being able to see her land was difficult, but leaving it forever is like dying.

Ilian Metev
Born in Kara-Kul, in Kyrgyzstan, in 1986, after studying music from an early age, she studied communications at university and worked in Turkey for Central TV. She has worked as a corre- spondent for informational programs at Central TV in Kyrgyzstan.

Director: Ulyana Konovalova
Subject: Ulyana Konovalova
Screenplay: Ulyana Konovalova
Photography: Almaz Supataev
Editing: Ulyana Konovalova
Sound: Ulyana Konovalova
Music: Galina Vinogradova
Production Company: Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University

Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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