Synopsis : A portrait of a man caught between the desire for revenge and the refusal to perpetuate the cycle of violence. In an inventive subversion of the classic tale of David and Goliath, Adilkhan Yerzhanov returns to the southern Kazakh town of Karatas with a masterful tale of poetic justice.
Festival History : "La Biennnale Di Venezia, 2022 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, 2022 Singapore International Film Festival, 2022"
Director :
Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Producer :
Olga Khlasheva, Serik Abishev, Alexandre Kochnev, Nurassyl Jarbassov, Gibrat Sarsenov, Georgiy Shabanov, Natalia Drozd, Ablaykhan Ashimov
Screenplay :
Adilkhan Yerzhanov
DOP :
Aydar Sharipov
Editor :
Azamat Utianov
Cast :
Berik Aytzhanov, Daniyar Alshinov, Dmitrij Chebotarev, Alexandra Revenko, Rabiya Abish, Yerken Gubashev
Adilkhan Yerzhanov was born on August 7, 1982 in Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan]. Adilkhan is a director and writer, known for The Owners (2014), A Dark, Dark Man (2019) and The Gentle Indifference of the World (2018).