Tashkent, City of Bread
Overview
Beautifully shot in black and white, and scripted by Tarkovsky's collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky, this powerful melodrama tells the story of a young boy who undertakes the perilous journey to Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, to earn some money for his hungry family. Filming in the periphery of the Soviet Union, in a time of relative political relaxation, director Shukhrat Abbasov actually dared to depict the poverty and famine that resulted from the Bolshevik Revolution.
About Tashkent, City of Bread (1968)
Released in 1968, Tashkent, City of Bread is a drama film from Uzbekfilm (Soviet Union). It was directed by Shukhrat Abbasov and written by Andrei Konchalovsky. The cast is led by Vladimir Vorobey, Vova Kudenko, Bakhtiyar Nabiyev, Natalya Arinbasarova and Nikolai Timofeyev. With a runtime of 1h 37m, the film averages 5.5/10 across 2 TMDB ratings.
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