To Get To Heaven First You Have To Die marks director Djamshed Usmonov (Angel On The Right) out as one of the brightest talents of post-Soviet cinema. Sparer bleaker and much more unsettling than his previous films it stars Khurched Golibekov as the sullen wide-eyed Kamal who has been married for a few months but is unable to consummate his marriage. Learning that there is nothing physically wrong with him after visiting a doctor Kamal sets off to town to find a woman. With his child-like country-boy naivete he struggles to meet anyone until a chance encounter on a... bus. This accidental meeting takes him on a far more troubling and darker journey than he was counting on... Compared by critics to Krzysztof Kieslowski's A Short Film On Love Usmonov's sure-footed direction and storytelling make for a film that gently gradually pulls the rug from under out feet in a classic example of less-is-more film-making. [show more]
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Comedy drama written and directed by Tajik filmmaker Djamshed Usmanov. Unable to have sex with his new bride, 20-year-old Kamal (Khurshed Golibekov) travels to the city in an attempt to find stimulation. He gets more than he bargained for when he picks up Vera (Dinara Drukarova), a young married Russian factory worker. Not only does he end up in bed with her, he also gets to spend the night with her mafia thug husband (Maruf Pulodzoda).
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