Cotton
2015, a remote village in a remote region of Uzbekistan.Gulchehra earns her living by combing cotton wool.It is hard work, but she has little choice: she needs to support herself and her elderly mother-in-law.Her husband is working in another country and Gulchehra does not realise that he is not coming back.
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2015, a remote village in a remote region of Uzbekistan. Gulchehra earns her living by combing cotton wool. It is hard work, but she has little choice: she needs to support herself and her elderly mother-in-law. Her husband is working in another country and Gulchehra does not realise that he is not coming back. After the death of her mother-in-law, Gulchehra is left alone in a hostile world, where morals and hypocritical morality reign supreme.
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- Release date
- Nov 13, 2025
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
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- Language
- Uzbek
- Country
- Uzbekistan
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