Film Information
Year: 2024
Duration: 71
Language: VOSE
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
The film traces the journey of Darkhan and Elena, a young couple traveling to the Kazakh countryside to visit Darkhan’s aging grandfather Sagat. Darkhan is a young man who, due to an old nomadic tradition, was raised by his grandparents; he hasn’t visited his birth country for several years. Elena, his partner, is a red-haired Russian girl, is somewhat of an outsider, whose point of view subtly takes over the film as a narrator and as an observer, a still photographer recounting the embracing journey.
Director
Aruan Anartayev is a director and poetic storyteller from Kazakhstan. He has studied cinematography, creative documentary and individual direction. He was a co-writer and producer for An Ordinary Person (2015) and has worked as a producer for other films. Working with both fictional and documentary tissues of reality, he unveils the untold stories of the Central Asian steppes, offering a singular view of universal themes such as distance, reconnection, and ever-winning tenderness. His debut feature is Joqtau (2024), which was featured in the Locarno Film Festival 2024.
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