A film by Marat Sarulu
Russian, with subtitles in English
Kazakhstan, 2008 (80 minutes)
Russian couple living in Kazakhstan are expecting a child, when the baby is born...
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SCREENINGS:
St. Anthony Main
4/18 Sat. 4:45 PM
4/19 Sun. 10:00 PM
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Synopsis
Ivan and his wife, a Russian couple living in Kazakhstan, are expecting a child. When the baby is born he looks more like Ivan’s neighbor and friend, a Kazakh named Asan with distinctly Asian features, Ivan suspects an affair. Around the same time Asan’s wife gives birth to a reddish-haired child and the spiral of speculation mounts. The film can be read as an allegory for post-Soviet relations between Russian and the republics, as a meditation on race in modern life, or as a straight-ahead family drama from the Great Steppe and it works wonderfully on all these levels. It is also remarkably funny, given the weighty central drama, and the various sub-plots keep the pace brisk without losing depth. Central Asian folk melodies on the sound track enhance 52-year-old Marat Saralu's drama, drawing on Kazakhstan's epic history.
(Central Asia and the desert steppe also are "Characters" in the Russian film, also in the fest, Wild Field.)
(In Russian; English subtitles)
About the Director
Marat Sarulu was born in Talas, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan) in 1957. He graduated with a degree in Philology from Kyrgyz National University in Bishkek in 1980 and subsequently studied at the Moscow Cinema Academy. He is co–writer of the internationally successful feature film, Beshkempir and currently works as a writer and director. Song from the Southern Seas is his third feature film.
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Principal Cast
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Ivan
Asan
Maria
Aisha
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Vladimir Yavorsky
Dzhaidarbek Kunguzhinov
Irina Agejkina
Ajzhan Ajtenova
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Crew
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Director
Writer
Producers
Cinematographer
Editor
Sound
Music
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Marat Surulu
Marat Surulu
Sain Gabdullin, Karsten Stöter, Benny Dreschsel, Yuri Obukhov, Guillaume De Seille
Giorgi Beridze
Karl Riedl
Jörg Theil
Andrey Sigle
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