JEONJU Intl. Film Festival

20th

World Cinemascape

The River

Director_ Emir BAIGAZIN

Kazakhstan, Poland, Norway 2018 114min DCP Color feature Fiction

Review

Five brothers live in a remote farm village of Kazakhstan. Aslan, the oldest, becomes the father’s deputy in charge of all the work and delegates tasks to the younger ones. Fair and humane, he sympathizes with his siblings. One day, a mystic city visitor Kanat arrives at the village and shows the children his modern devices. It eventually changes the life of the village.

CREDIT

DirectorEmir BAIGAZIN
ScreenplayEmir BAIGAZIN
ProducerEmir BAIGAZIN

CinematographyEmir BAIGAZIN
EditorEmir BAIGAZIN
MusicJustyna BANASZCZYK

CastZhalgas KLANOV Zhasulan USERVAYEV Ruslan USERBAYEV Bagdaulet SAGINDIKOV

DIRECTOR

Emir BAIGAZIN

Born in 1984, Kazakhstan. Debut feature Harmony Lessons premiered at the Berlinale and won Silver Bear. The River recently premiered at the Venice IFF and won the Horizons Award.

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