PARTISAN

By Ariel KLEIMAN

KARLOVY VARY INT'L FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

Drama - Completed 2014


Festivals
& Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2015
World Dramatic Cinematography Award, Germain McKicking
BFI London FF 2015
First Feature Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • AUSTRALIA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 98 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ariel KLEIMAN
    • Writer(s)
    • Ariel KLEIMAN, Sarah CYNGLER
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/2E2B-3001-8E66-23D4-CFA0-M
    • Producer(s)
    • Anna MCLEISH, Sarah SHAW
    • Synopsis
    • 11-year-old Alexander is the eldest of an extended family raised within a closed community. Charismatic father-figure Gregori has manufactured a joyous , sae have for vulnerable women and their children.
      Gregori's eldest child, Alexander, is like any other kid: playful, curious and naive. He is also a trained assassin. As Alexander approaches his 12th birthday, he begins to question Gregori's teachings. Tensions bulid as Gregori's idyllic world begins to unravel and a creeping fear takes shape: his favourite son may not love him anymore.