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Goliath
Adilkhan Yerzhanov
- 2022
- Republic of Kazakhstan, Russia
- Drama / Police
- 1h33mn
- Original version with English subtitles
- Color
Novelty
Criminal boss Poshaev rules Karatas with an iron fist, murdering all those who would oppose him. He relies on Arzu, who becomes his right hand man. But can he really be trusted?
An Étrange Festival without a Yerzhanov, is a bit like Brassens without his guitar. The prolific director pursues his exploration of genres by submitting them to his vision. His fondness of panoramics, Kazakh horizons and their emptiness, probably enticed him to take on the western genre, in his own way, with his distorted sense of time, that calm before the storm, with shamanic chants to replace Morricone. Goliath is also, through quotations from Machiavelli’s Prince, a reflection on dominant/dominated relationships and the workings of tyrannic power.
Screenings
11/09 • 16h45 • Screen 500
17/09 • 19h00 • Screen 100
Credits
- With : Rabiya Abish, Daniyar Alshinov, Berik Aytzhanov, Dmitriy Chebotarev, Yerken Gubashev
- Screenplay : Adilkhan Yerzhanov
- Photography : Aydar Sharipov
- Editing : Azamat Utyanov
- Music by : Galymzhan Moldanazar
- Production : Serik Abishev, Natalya Drozd, Nurasyl Dzharbasov, Olga Khlasheva, Aleksandr Kochnev, Gibrat Sarsenov, George Shabanov
