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Cotton (2025)

Cotton poster
Original title
Paxta
Directed by
Rashid Malikov
Genre
drama
Country
Uzbekistan
Runtime
1h 19m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 2015 Uzbekistan, a cotton worker faces hardship after her husband leaves and her mother-in-law dies.

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What happens

Вата (узб. Paxta, англ. Cotton) — драма узбекского режиссера Рашида Маликова, снята на киностудии BAYRAM FILM. В фильме, события которого происходят в 2015 году, рассказывается история женщины, работающей на производстве хлопка, которая проходит через ряд проблем и трудностей после отъезда мужа и смерти свекрови. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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