Darezhan OMIRBAYEV
Дарежан ОМИРБАЕВ
Darejan OMIRBAEV
USSR (Kazakhstan), 1991, 72mn 
Black and white, fiction
Kayrat
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Кайрат

 

 Kayrat

 Kaïrat

 
Directed by : Darezhan OMIRBAYEV (Дарежан ОМИРБАЕВ)
Writing credits : Darezhan OMIRBAYEV (Дарежан ОМИРБАЕВ)
 
Cast
Talgat ASETOV (Талгат АСЕТОВ)
Balzhan BISEMBEKOVA (Балжан БИСЕМБЕКОВА)
Kayrat MAKHMEDOV (Кайрат МАХМЕДОВ)
Indira ZHEKSEMBAYEVA (Индира ЖЕКСЕМБАЕВА)
 
Cinematography : Aubakir SULEYEV (Аубакир СУЛЕЕВ)
Production design : Marat IMANBERGENOV (Марат ИМАНБЕРГЕНОВ)
Sound : Gulsara MUKATAEVA (Гульсара МУКАТАЕВА)
Companies : Alem (Kazakhfilm)
 

Awards :
Léopard d'argent et Prix de la FIPRESCI au Festival de Locarno, 1992

Plot synopsis
In this virtually wordless story, a young man from a small Kazakh village migrates to the big city. Initially sure of himself as he travels by bus and train, he meets a young woman he feels he could easily fall in love with. Later, in the city, he sees her again quite accidentally (during a showing of Woyzeck), and realizes that he already has lost his heart to her. As his relationship with the girl blossoms, in his sleeping dreams he imagines he has returned to his home village and is alone on a carnival ride while his mother watches on.
Clarke Fountain, www.allmovie.com
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Rabat International Film Festival, Rabat (Morocco), 2008
- Fall Festival 1998, Paris (France), 1998