Two Culture-s Characters in Contemporary Kazakh Cinema

In this article the authors are researching cultural differences between rural and urban characters in case of contemporary Kazakh cinema.Two motion pictures are analyzed: “Strizh" (2007) by AbaiKulbai and “Seker" (2009) by SabitKurmanbekov.According to the authors- opinion ateenage girl characters in these two films reflect two cultures (urban and rural) of Kazakh society, which displays complicated socio-cultural processes of modern Kazakhstan.

Authors:

• Baubek B. Nogerbek
• Alma M. Aidarova

Keywords:

• Culture (urban and rural)
• film characters
• Kazakh cinema
• Kazakh society

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