Bouzkachi: The Chant of Steppes

Bouzkachi: The Chant of Steppes

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 25, 2009

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama, Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

Bouzkachi, le chant des steppes

Director

Jacques Debs

Description

The Chant of Steppes builds on a love triangle. Mohabat likes two men but she can not make the right choice and decides to marry the one who wins the bouzkachi contest. A poet and an artist have to cross mountains and steppes to engage in a noisy and dusty contest of horsemen in order to gain the hand and the heart of the beautiful Mohabat. The rules of the traditional Oriental game called bouzkachi are strict – a team of riders has to get the headless carcass of a ram clear of the other players to win the contest.