The River
Orizzonti Competition
Platform Competition
Best Director
The River
A Film by Emir Baigazin
2018 - Kazakhstan/Norway/Poland - Drama - 2.39 - 108 min.
with Zhalgas Klanov , Zhasulan Userbayev , Ruslan Userbayev & Eric Tazabekov
Languages: Russian , Kazakh
Produced by Emir Baigazin
A family with five sons lives in a remote Kazakh village. In accordance with the Eastern tradition, the eldest son Aslan (13) becomes the Father's deputy, in charge of all the work, and delegating the tasks. One day Aslan takes his brothers to the River for a swim - a moment of deep happiness. From then on, life is different. And when Kanat, an unknown cousin, unexpectedly arrives at the village, the structured life of the family begins to fall apart for good.
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