Brothers

Darkhan Tulegenov / Kazakhstan

Screening

Betevé

04-11-2023 / 21:00 h.

Film Information

Year: 2022

Duration: 110'

Language: VOSE

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

Akzhol, who just got out of the orphanage, starts a new life. He is convinced that his father is alive and starts searching for him. However, after meeting his neighbour Dimash, things change as they realise how easy is to earn a living by robberies and burglaries. Later, during one of the meetings with a relative, he learns about the existence of his brother, Dalen, who was adopted by wealthy parents and had an education impossible to access in any other way. Together they embark on a mission to find their father and that will throw light on things that neither of them could have imagined.

Director

Darkhan Tulegenov was born in 1993 in Uralsk. At the age of 15 he entered the Kazakh Academy of Transport and Communications, and in 2012 he was admitted to the Kazakh National Academy of Arts. He has been a participant of many national and international film festivals and Brothers received the Spirit of Cinema Award at the Oldenburg Film Festival in 2022. He is also known for his short films Nabat (2020), The Route (2016), and Sunrise.