Section: Close-Up: Kazakhstan

THE VILLAGE

Serik Aprimov

KAZ, 2022, 105 Min

Village intrigue meets urban naivety. A young filmmaker from the city stumbles into the chaotic life of a Kazakh village. Little dramas, old rites and a touch of humor.

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An unexpected culture clash shakes up the life of a young, ambitious director when he gets lost while searching for a lake. He actually wanted to document fishermen at work, but instead he ends up in an aul, a Kazakh village, at night. Soon, his heads starts spinning. First a dinner, then a hookup. Mastermind Yerbolat is after him. With subtle humor and a sensitive eye for urban-rural antagonisms, Serik Aprymov tells a story of humanity and complex social dynamics in a rural microcosm. He pointedly shows how different perspectives on life can be, but he also gives hope that we can still come together.

Text: Joshua Jádi

The film will be shown in the Glad House in the original language with English subtitles and simultaneously translated into German. Headphones are available free of charge against a deposit in the cinema foyer.

The film will be shown at the Obenkino in the original language and with English subtitles. No translation into German!

Drehbuch
Serik Aprymov

Kamera
Samat Sharipov

Ton
Nikita Fomin

Schnitt
Serik Aprymov

Ausstattung
Yerken Suleimenov

Musik
Murzali Zheyenbayev

Darsteller
Galym Amangeldyuly
Yerbolat Ospankulov
Aisha Mamutova
Nurlan Zhumagali

Produzent
Gulmira Zaripova

Produktion
Merada Films

Serik Aprimov - Born in 1960 in the Semipalatinsk region. He graduated from the department of directing at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in 1989. After graduating he worked as an assistant director at the BBC in London. He is a representative of the Kazakh New Wave.

Movies
1986 “Two Riding a Motorcycle" short film ( Best short film at Kiev Molodist IFF)
1988 "Hypnotist" short film
1989 "The End Stop" (Best Film at Kiev Molodist IFF)
1993 "Dream in a Dream" ("Sergelden", "Diary of a Young Man"
1998 "Aksuat" (World premiere at IFFR with the Director in Focus program, Best Actor, Audience award at Nantes IFF)
2004 "Three Brothers" (CICAE Award at Locarno IFF, Best Film at Tokyo IFF, Special Jury Prize, Best Script Prize at Torino IFF, Special Jury Prize and Audience Award at Nantes IFF,
2004 “Hunter” (Junior Jury Award, NETPAC Award, CICAE Award at Locarno IFF,
2009 "House on the Lake" ( Russia, series)
2013 “Bauyr” (Little brother) (world premiere at Venice IFF, Orizzonti Section)
2017 «A call to a father”
2022 “Aul”

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