Gutsy cinema that breaks new ground
KAZAKHSTAN | 100 minutes | 2018
To save her family after the death of her father, Saltanat, pretty and well-read, must leave the idyllic countryside of her girlhood and head to the city for an arranged marriage – a plight she then tries to avoid. Dogging her footsteps is Kuandyk, a childhood friend who’s utterly devoted to her. Alas, up against the world’s callousness and corruption, the two must deal with one disappointment after another. Recalling the tender melancholy of early Aki Kaurismäki, this enchanting new outing from Kazakh indie filmmaker Adilkhan Yerzhanov balances serious themes with a clever, inventive design, its sublime cinematography – each frame is a veritable work of art – making the bitter pill easier to swallow. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Un Certain Regard - Cannes
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Night God (Nochnoy Bog) - 2018The Plague at the Karatas Village (Chuma v aule Karatas) - 2016The Owners - 2014Constructors (Stroiteli) - 2013Disc Seller - 2009Karatas - 2009Brothers Shorty - 2008Self-portrait - 2007Bakhytzhamal - 2007Rieltor - 2001
Boarding-school student Guillaume finds himself painfully attracted to his best friend. Meanwhile, after her boyfriend casually mentions how unlikely it is...
Feature film , Drama
QUéBEC/CANADA | 100 minutes | 2018
Mara, a caregiver, left her native Romania in search of a better life in the U.S. After wedding one of her patients, she now attempts to repatriate her...
QUEBEC , Romania , Germany , Sweden | 100 minutes | 2018
A woman and her two children fleeing the Colombian civil war find themselves in Amazonia near the Brazilian border. On an island haunted by ghosts, painful...
BRAZIL , France , Colombia | 100 minutes | 2018
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