A DARK, DARK MAN

By Adilkhan YERZHANOV

ARIZONA FILMS - as SALES / PROD

Thriller - Completed 2019

Bekzat is a young policeman who knows all the tricks of corruption on the Kazakh steppes.
Charged with covering up a new case of a deadly assault on a little boy, he is embarrassed by the intervention of a pugnacious and determined female journalist.

Festivals
& Awards

San Sebastian 2019
Main competition
Bergen 2019
Busan - BIFF/APM 2019
WAC
Bosphorus 2019
Kerala 2019
Geneva Black Movie 2019
Rotterdam IFF 2020
Voices
Rotterdam IFFR 2020
Voices
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Thriller
    • Countries
    • KAZAKHSTAN, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • KAZAKH, RUSSIAN
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 130 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Adilkhan YERZHANOV
    • Writer(s)
    • Roelof-Jan MINNEBOO
    • Producer(s)
    • Serik ABISHEV (Short Brothers), Olga KHLASHAEVA (Short Brothers)
    • Synopsis
    • Bekzat is a young policeman who knows all the tricks of corruption on the Kazakh steppes.
      Charged with covering up a new case of a deadly assault on a little boy, he is embarrassed by the intervention of a pugnacious and determined female journalist.
      The certainties of the steppe cowboy start to falter.