The old man lives alone only with his work, he is a switchman in a remote Kazakh steppe. The only time when he feels happy is the night when he sleeps and he dreams of a beautiful girl. One day, not far from the railway, an old man sees a car, inside which a girl from his dreams finds himself.
Айгерим Жунусова
Ерболат Тоғызақов
The old man lives alone only with his work, he is a switchman in a remote Kazakh steppe. The only time when he feels happy is the night when he sleeps and he dreams of a beautiful girl. One day, not far from the railway, an old man sees a car, inside which a girl from his dreams finds himself.
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