Tulpan. La ragazza che non c'era

Synopsis of Tulpan. La ragazza che non c'era

«Tulpan. La ragazza che non c'era» is the movie by Sergei Dvortsevoy (2009), on DVD.

After serving in the navy, Asa returns to the Kazakh steppe and lives with his sister's family in a yurt. Tradition requires him to marry in order to have a herd and become a shepherd, and his only hope is Tulpan, who rejects him because of his ears and his wish to go to the city. Asa does not give up and tries to earn his place in the nomadic community.

Italian edition from Feltrinelli with the book «Come tulipani nella steppa», which gathers interviews with Sergei Dvortsevoy, reviews by Paolo Mereghetti and Alberto Morsiani, and reports on Kazakhstan.

For those interested in dramas about tradition and nomadic life, and in the culture of Kazakhstan.