When the Apple Trees Bloom
9 hrs. 30 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Alsu Idrisova
Author
Alsu Idrisova
Narrator
Lyudmila Blagushko
Narrator
Lyudmila Blagushko
A powerful family saga of the late USSR, Tatar customs, and women’s endurance. About how to stand your ground and not lose self-respect in a place where it seems you’ve been denied any right to make your own choices.
Aliya dreamed of entering a medical institute. But in a Tatar village of the late Soviet era, dreams are not listened to.
She is married off to Ildar, and from the very first days the domineering mother-in-law, Sabira, makes it clear: the bride is not a person here, but free labor. Her husband’s illness, endless humiliations, and the ban on studying turn family life into a cage. After Ildar’s death, Aliya returns to her native village with two children, hoping to start over. But instead of help, she finds whispers behind her back, slander, and the label of “shame.”
Alongside her story, other histories unfold: Liska gives up love for status, and the memory of the dead Saniya does not let go of the collective farm chairman, Anvar.
Aliya dreamed of entering a medical institute. But in a Tatar village of the late Soviet era, dreams are not listened to.
She is married off to Ildar, and from the very first days the domineering mother-in-law, Sabira, makes it clear: the bride is not a person here, but free labor. Her husband’s illness, endless humiliations, and the ban on studying turn family life into a cage. After Ildar’s death, Aliya returns to her native village with two children, hoping to start over. But instead of help, she finds whispers behind her back, slander, and the label of “shame.”
Alongside her story, other histories unfold: Liska gives up love for status, and the memory of the dead Saniya does not let go of the collective farm chairman, Anvar.
100%
14:26
01
08:43
02
04:59
03
08:22
04
06:41
05
09:40
06
11:39
07
09:34
08
04:56
09
12:07
10
04:41
11
11:05
12
08:43
13
07:48
14
07:39
15
07:06
16
05:02
17
06:41
18
04:48
19
07:29
20
13:10
21
10:40
22
07:12
23
06:06
24
11:33
25
13:18
26
11:40
27
10:42
28
11:09
29
06:16
30
04:00
31
08:43
32
08:37
33
07:06
34
08:50
35
02:18
36
06:00
37
02:46
38
06:32
39
05:41
40
06:55
41
06:36
42
09:28
43
04:07
44
08:37
45
06:43
46
09:16
47
06:21
48
09:42
49
10:26
50
10:06
51
08:10
52
11:19
53
07:45
54
06:35
55
06:47
56
08:33
57
09:07
58
12:50
59
12:28
60
06:45
61
03:47
62
07:55
63
07:10
64
08:19
65
07:08
66
04:17
67
09:40
68
01:58
69
07:19
70
09:52
71
