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Ballad of the Falcon and the Star (Баллада о Соколе и Звезде)

Uzbekfilm, 1978

A beautiful and sad story about the unrequited love of a falcon for a distant star. Loosely based on the work of 18th century Uzbek Sufi poetess and Otin-Oy (title for a female Muslim religious scholar in Central Asia) Jahonotin Uvaysiy. In her time, Uvaysiy wrote over 15,000 hemistiches and is still held in high esteem in Uzbekistan.