Season of Harvesting Moon Shadows
Directed by Duman Burleshan Written by Duman Burleshan
In the world of the Kazakh people there is a "traditional rule" that in the autumn pastoral season every boy who has reached the age of five has an important moment in his life - the bar mitzvah ceremony. This traditional and culturally rich ceremony carries the symbolism of the boy's coming of age. The story takes place in the northern border region in the early 2000s, and tells the story of a young Kazakh boy, Ye Bo, who undergoes the traditional bar mitzvah ceremony, accompanied by physical changes, and his character and thoughts begin to quietly change, opening up the road from boyhood to manhood. ......