The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and gets her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.
Direction
Khudojnazarov balances grotesque comedy with genuine pathos.
Acting
Khamatova's luminous desperation carries the entire fable.
Cinematography
Desert landscapes that feel both mythic and crushingly real.
Director
Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Tajikistan during civil war aftermath; the film's fragmented geography mirrors real national trauma.
The title refers to a Soviet-era chocolate bar — the seducer's cheap gift becomes the film's bitter emblem of false promises.
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