"Deal at the Border"

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Film still from "Deal at the Border" directed by Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi (Kyrgyzstan, 2024).

On the border between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, Aza and Samat work as members of a drug trafficking organization. One day, they encounter Nazik, who has managed to escape from a human trafficking network. Aza decides to give up the drug money and save Nazik, but she tragically dies while crossing a river. Aza is determined to return Nazik’s remains to her homeland, but this decision puts his life at risk.

Director Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi’s taut film was inspired by a real-life incident in which his own brother was abducted by traffickers at age 16. Taking viewers to the little seen Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan border country, Deal at the Border is an intense and surprisingly beautiful film that will linger in your memory for days.

Film will be screened in its original version with subtitles in Spanish.

A film in the 2025 edition of the Asian Film Festival Barcelona.

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