
Amanzhol Aituarov
Directing
Biography
Amanzhol Tolybayevich Aituarov (Kazakh: Аманжол Толыбаевич Айтуаров; born in 13 June 1957; Alma-Ata) is a Soviet and Kazakh film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the pioneers of the Kazakh New Wave. Graduated from the directing department of VGIK (master of Yu. I. Ozerov, 1986). In 1989, he shot the first full-length feature film "Touch". Since 2000 - Head of the workshops of Film and TV directors of the T. Zhurgenov National Academy of Arts.
Known For

On her way to the Promised Land, a blind girl meets a gangster and they fall in love. Their love makes a miracle: the girl regains her sight. This romantic story ends tragically.
The Touch

A drama about messed up athlete who tries to regain his career.
Burst

The sons see their father for the last time. In a couple of years, a funeral and the Order of the Red Star will come to a small village. There are genuine tears in the eyes of the audience. After the war, the brothers Madi and Sagi leave to study in a big city. Life is going happily: the elder marries a young ballerina, becomes a famous journalist. But one day he goes to betrayal. The connection between the brothers is cut off forever. And only in his declining years, Madi goes in search of relatives.
Return

The heroes of the film, dreaming of a wonderful carefree life, hijack a plane to get to America. Everything is going well. However, instead of sunny Florida, they find themselves at a secret military base...
A Journey to Nowhere

A way station is lost in the boundless Kazakh steppe. A wayfarer lives in a small house with his daughter Saule.
Steppe Express
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