Title of film : The River
Director Name : Emir Baigazin
Cast & crew :
Producer : Guillaume de Seille
Editor : Emir Baigazin
Cast :
Synopsis : A family lives in a remote Kazakh village. There are five sons. The oldest, Aslan, becomes the father’s deputy in charge of all the work and delegating tasks to his younger brothers. Fair and humane, he sympathises with his siblings when they err, and accepts the father’s blame for them. One day Aslan takes the children to the river, a moment of happiness as the river is deep enough for a real swim. Since then, life is different. The children become more diligent in their daily chores, while the river turns into the focus of their lives. One day a mystic visitor, Kanat, arrives at the village. From the moment Kanat shows the children his tablet and computer games, life at home takes a different turn. Suddenly it’s Kanat with his toy who becomes the new leader, condescendingly opening a door to the outer world. One day, Aslan takes Kanat to the river. The city boy disappears, and the paradisiacal river turns into the Styx. Each brother will have his own way of dealing with the tragedy, and family ties will be put to the test.
Director Bio : Emir Kenzhegazievich Baigazin[1][2][3] (Kazakh: Эмир Кенжеғазыұлы Байғазин, Russian: Эмир Кенжегазиевич Байгазин; born July 19, 1984) is a Kazakh actor and film director, active in the genres of auteur cinema and art-house.[4] Baigazin was born in Tamdy village, Alga District in the Aktobe Province of Kazakhstan. After graduating from high school in Alga from 2002 to 2004 he studied at the acting school of the T. Akhtanov Aktobe Drama Theater, and in 2004 he entered the Kazakh National Academy of Arts, with the specialty of film direction and cinema. In September 2007, he participated in the Busan International Film Festival, the Asian Film Academy (AFA). In February 2008, he was a member of the Berlin camp of young talent at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival in Germany.[5]
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