Nomad (2005 film)

Nomad: The Warrior (Kazakh: Көшпенділер, Köşpendiler) is a 2005 Kazakh historical epic film written and co-produced by Rustam Ibragimbekov and directed by Sergei Bodrov and Ivan Passer.

The film is a fictionalized account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, a Khan of the Kazakh Horde, as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at Hazrat-e Turkestan from Dzungar invaders during the Kazakh-Dzungar Wars.

[3] І том “Алмас қылыш” (баспа “Шығыс-Батыс”, София, 2006) ІІ том “Жанталас” (баспа “Шығыс-Батыс”, София, 2007) ІІІ том “Хан Кене” (баспа “Шығыс-Батыс”, София, 2008)[4] Nomad has an approval rating of 6% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 16 reviews, and an average rating of 4.4/10.

[6] Variety critic Leslie Felperin, who viewed the film at the Locarno Film Festival wrote that, "nearly every tenge (Kazakhstan's local currency) and euro from French-based co-production partner Wild Bunch is visible on screen, judging by pic's elaborate costumes, sets and cast of a thousand or so — real people not digitally generated extras", and that co-directors "Passer and Bodrov, assisted by (per credits) 'local director' Talgat Temenov, have enough skill to make Nomad compelling by dint of old-school sincerity and sheer spectacle.

[...] [the cast shows] the necessary displays of athletic prowess and toothsome looks, particularly from the virile Becker".