Son of the Sun / Atasının balası

Credits

cast

Dastan Madalbekov

Director
10/06/1995

Biography

He was born in 1995 in Talas, Kyrgyzstan. He acted in children's films, voiced cartoon characters on TV and engaged in the theatrical circle during his school years. After school he entered the Kyrgyz Institute of Arts. After taking 1st year, he left for Moscow. Graduated from VGIK as a film director at the workshop of V. Menshov. At the moment he lives in Bishkek, writes scripts, shoots commercials and films.

Filmography

2016 / The Hat 2017 / California 2017 / Five Nights 2019 / Poets Walk the Walk 2022 / Son of Sun

Directors Statement

I remember when the idea for the movie “Son of the Sun” came up. The crew and I were having lunch, and the boring conversation at the table sent my thoughts to imagining a story about the relationship between father and son. I grew up without a father myself, so this theme is very close to me. I wanted to show my son's love for his father, but without the vivid displays of emotion. I wanted to show a man's love without sentimentality. And while we were eating, I had the plot of the future film in my head. Only a year later it became possible to shoot it. For the main role we searched for a boy in the city schools and boarding schools. All in all we looked at about 300 boys and I chose the fifth one. We also spent a long time looking for a location for the characters. The apartment, or rather the room we ended up renting, I saw by chance. On the balcony of this apartment was a sign: "Urgent! Urgent! Urgent! For Sale!". I went up the stairs and posing as a buyer looked at the location. The picture I saw left a strong impression on me. I saw the truth of life. A truth that our filmmakers don't film. I was scared. Could I show this truth? That fear is what drove me to make this film.