Yuragim

Set in modern day Uzbekistan, a country balancing its Soviet past with ancient traditions, the film follows Saida, a woman living between different worlds and roles. To her mother, she is a humble schoolteacher. Yet she also works as a fixer for foreign business delegations. Her job goes beyond translation and assistance: she facilitates the arrangement of “special services” for businessmen and teaches local women German phrases to navigate these encounters. In both the classroom and the meeting rooms, Saida’s life is defined by repetition. She teaches others to speak words that are never their own. Like a train on its tracks, she is always in motion but never free to choose her direction. As her boss, Shukhrat, closes in on her and starts to look for her at the school where she teaches, Saida must decide: follow the tracks laid for her or vanish into a world of her own making.