Daughter-In-Law

Nevestka
Directed byKhodzha Kuli Narliyev
Written byKhodzha Durdy Narliyev
Khodzha Kuli Narliyev
StarringMaya-Gozel Aimedova
CinematographyAnatoliy Ivanov
Music byRedzhep Redzhepov
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryTurkmen SSR

Nevestka (English: Daughter-In-Law, Turkmen: Gelin) is a 1972 Soviet-era Turkmenistani film directed by Khodzha Kuli Narliyev, starring Maya-Gozel Aimedova, Aynabat Amanliyeva, and Baba Annanov. The film is about a young woman who loses her husband during the World War II. Despite her family's advice to re-marry, she stays with her lonely father-in-law in the desert, going about the daily work, cherishing her memories and hopes that one day her husband might come home.

The film was shown at the Moscow International Film Festival in 2011 in the "Socialist Avant-garde" film program.