''Whoever Softer'' () is a feature film director by Abay Karpykov.

Plot

A young man by the name of Danesh is hospitalized with a broken leg. An old man, his roommate at the hospital ward, tells Danesh about two relics:

tamga A tamga or tamgha (from ) was an abstract seal or brand used by Eurasian nomads initially as a livestock branding, and by cultures influenced by them. The tamga was used as a livestock branding for a particular tribe, clan or family. They wer ...

(gold plate) and a

ruby Ruby is a pinkish-red-to-blood-red-colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum ( aluminium oxide). Ruby is one of the most popular traditional jewelry gems and is very durable. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapph ...

. Once a year with their help it is possible to find treasure in the Canyon of Scorpio. Tamga was brought from abroad by Arab

sheikhs Sheikh ( , , , , ''shuyūkh'' ) is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning " elder". It commonly designates a tribal chief or a Muslim scholar. Though this title generally refers to men, there are also a small number of ...

, who are waiting for a messenger from the old man. After the old man's death, his sisters give Danesh the ruby and map of the Canyon and he goes off in search of treasure. Ramazan, a bandit who kidnapped translator Alyona, who can read the

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

inscription on the tamga, becomes Danesh's opponent.

Cast

* Bopesh Jandaev as Danesh * Kseniya Kachalina as Alyona * Nikolay Stotsky as Gosha *

Andrei Rostotsky Andrei Stanislavovich Rostotsky (Russian: Андрей Станиславович Ростоцкий, January 25, 1957 – May 5, 2002) was a USSR, Soviet Russian film and theatre actor and stunt performer, film director and screenwriter, and ...

as Ramazan * Farhat Abdraimov as Farhat *

Bolot Beyshenaliyev Bolot Beishenaliev (; June 25, 1937 — November 18, 2002) was a Soviet cinematographer, film and theater actor. People's Artist of Kyrgyzstan. Father of actor Aziz Beyshenaliyev. Beyshenaliyev studied at the studio of the Kyrgyz State Theater ...

as Sultan Khan Giray * Aristarkh Livanov as Baigali

Critical reception

* Sergey Kudryavtsev: One review said that at first, everything is unnecessarily meaningful, full of secrets and omissions. In the history of rivalry between two hard-hearted Kazakh brothers because of someone else's wealth, there is a lot of seriousness and pomposity that is not appropriate; is felt primarily in the behavior of Russian actors

and Aristarkh Livanov. Paradoxically, the debutante Farhat Abdraimov makes a mocking and good-natured element of everything happening in the comic role of a seemingly formidable fat man who has an unexpectedly thin voice and a completely mild temper.3500 кинорецензий
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References

External links

* 1996 films Russian drama films Films scored by Leonid Desyatnikov 1996 drama films Kazakhstani drama films 1990s Russian films 1990s Russian-language films Russian-language drama films Kazakhfilm films {{1990s-Russia-film-stub