The Singapore Biennale 2008 is showing Beket (Bus Stop,1995), directed by both Abdykalykov and Abdyjaparov. This film is finely composed and paced, with a cynical sense of the comedy of human relationships. Despite a soundtrack of amplified natural sounds, it is essentially a black and white silent film. A small group of people waits at a lonely roadside bus stop on a freezing cold day that overlooks a field or a frozen lake. Beyond that we see the grey shape of what could be a city, or a forest.

30岁的哈萨克大汉塔穆尔回到了祖祖辈辈居住的山边村庄，然而这里陈腐而一成不变的气息令人沮丧不已，唯一能跟他说得上话的是年轻的阿米拉，阿米拉的丈夫在外边做工，已经很久没有回来了。塔穆尔和阿米拉慢慢地相爱，两人于是决定一起离开这个村庄。