Bo Ba Bu
1 Blu-ray disc
Label: Mondo Macabro
Preorder: 11/10/26 Release: 12/8/26
MSRP: $29.99
UPC: 843276036393
Catalogue #: MDO363
Genre: Horror
Color
84 minutes
MPAA Rating: NR
High Definition 1080p 1.85:1
Dolby Digital Mono
Region code: All
Production year: 1998 in Uzbekistan
Director: Ali Khamraev
Cast: Arielle Dombasle, Abdarashid Abdrakhmanov, Djavakhir Zakhirov
The opening shot is mysterious – a face covered by a mask made out of raw canvas, with two slits for the eyes… a windblown desert… the scorching sun. It is hard to tell whether this is prehistoric time or the future after an apocalypse. Then the on-screen caption, “11, 000 kilometers from New York” and the sound of a supersonic jet somewhere in the sky.
A pale skinned blonde woman appears in the desert. Confused, disoriented and covered in bandages and blood, she is discovered by a wandering shepherd who takes her back to the farm where he lives with his son. The man is called Bo and his son is Bu. They call the woman Ba. And a kind of savage, wordless fairy tale is enacted between them. A classic ménage à trois but set in a timeless, eternal landscape of sand and stars where the sudden appearance of a jeep shocks us into realizing this is the late 20th century.
Ali Khamraev is an Uzbek film director and producer. He is best known for his works in the 1960s and 1970s, such as the “eastern-western,” THE SEVENTH BULLET. He has made over 30 documentaries and more than 20 feature films. He currently lives in Italy. BO BA BU was a controversial film and has never been released theatrically. This is its world premiere on disc.
Special Features:
Interview with writer/director Al Kharaev.
Interview with actress Arielle Dombasle.
Audio commentary by Daniel Bird.
