THE HUNTER (IFFI 14)
2004, Kazakhstan/France/Switzerland/Japan
OKHOTNIK
Serik Aprimov
In an isolated village in the Kazakhstan mountains, Erken, a boy of 12, lives with his mother, a beautiful and alluring single woman. One night, when the mother is visited by a hunter, Erken steals the latters horse and his gun to hold up a shop. Sought by the police, he is found by the hunter who gives him a choice: to go to prison or to go and live with him in the mountains. Thus begins a voyage of initiation, in the course of which the hunter tries to pass on his taste for and understanding of life.
Section: Feature Film Competition
Country: Kazakhstan/France/Switzerland/Japan
Director: Serik Aprimov
Language: OF mit dt. und franz. UT
Running time: 90min
Kasachstan/F/CH/Japan 2004; Regie & Buch: Serik Aprimov; Kamera: Khasan Kydyraliyev; DarstellerInnen: Kidiraliev Dogdurbek, Erke Dzhumakmatova, Dokhdurbek Kydyraliyev u.a.; (35mm; Farbe; 90min; OF mit dt. und franz. UT).
