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Novda

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How it feels

A family and their neighbors live in a village. The story follows their everyday lives and explores first love, loyalty to home, and care for parents.

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What happens

Novda is a 2015 Uzbek comedy-drama film directed and written by Zulfiqor Musoqov. The film was produced by Uzbekfilm on the order of the Uzbekistan Cinematography Agency. It stars Husan Sharipov, Raʼno Zokirova, Shahzoda Matchonova, Farhod Abdullayev, Mirza Azizov, and Behzod Hamroyev. The film tells the story of a close-knit family living in a village and the lives of their neighbors. It explores themes of first love, love for one's homeland, and respect for parents. Experts have compared the film to Italian director Federico Fellini's Amarcord (1973), although the specific similarities between the two films have not been explained in available sources. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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