Pure Coolness 2007

Overview

Pure Coolness, also known by the Kyrgyz title Boz Salkyn, is a film released in 2007. The movie was directed by Kyrgyz director Ernest Abdyjaparov. The story follows Asema, a Kyrgyz city girl who is visiting her boyfriend's family in the countryside. During the visit, she is mistaken for a villager and accidentally kidnapped by Sagyn, a young shepherd who was too shy to ask the young girl for marriage. The film has a runtime of one hour and thirty-nine minutes and was released in Kyrgyzstan on May 18, 2007. Pure Coolness was recognized at the 2007 Asiatica Film Mediale, where it won the NETPAC award. The award was given for a film which, with its own gentle touches of originality and humor, is beautiful, surprising, and uplifting. The drama is categorized under movies and is referenced in multiple film databases and encyclopedic sources for its distinctive cultural narrative and festival recognition under the direction of Ernest Abdyjaparov.