Yusup Razykov | Uzbekistan | 90 minutes | 1998 | Uzbek
The first film in the series - The Orator (Voiz) – effortlessly cruises through a backdrop of historic moments visiting in the Uzbekistan of 1915 onwards peeking into how the circumstances touched the lives of ordinary men and women.
The Orator's writer and producer Yusup Razykov tells a story of Iskander, a poor cart man, who happens to find himself at the centre of events that impact his marital life, family relations and his position in the society. Firstly his dying brother compels him to marry his two wives to take care of their sustenance. Then, a chance encounter with some Bolsheviks on the run pulls him to the stage so that he could talk to the people of the locality, in their own language, about changes takes place in the society. The circumstances make him “the voice” of the Soviet authorities, who use him as a much needed public orator - an agitator. [Film–cen-asia blog]
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