Song from the Southern Seas

Running time: 82 mins

Two couples, one Russian and one Kazakh, live side by side in relative harmony amidst a beautiful yet semi-desolate region of the Great Steppe. But when the fair-skinned Russians give birth to a boy of decidedly darker skin, fifteen years of suspicion and acrimony arises between them, which can only be resolved by an ironic twist of family and fate. At times darkly somber, at others tender and wistful?and buoyed throughout by a soundtrack of folk-inspired melodies?writer/director Marat Sarulu draws on Kazakhstan?s epic history to create a deeply compassionate tale of humor and cultural insight.