OLIARA
THE OFF-SEASON
Yelzat Eskendir / Kazakhstan / 2016 / 20 min / Colour
Italian premiere
In the barren steppe of Kazakhstan unfolds the sad saga of a modest family of shepherds, inspired by a story written by Orkhan Bokey. The old shepherd and his wife have a single son who, at the dawn of adolescence, begins to understand the complex and difficult relationships between adults. The only contact with the outside world comes with the arrival of a wealthy neighbour who, taking advantage of the shepherd's absence, seduces his young wife despite the boy's attempts to stop them. The oppressive solitude of the characters, among whom dominates a stifling silence interrupted only by fleeting glances and essential dialogue, leads to the ruinous, if inevitable, wreck of the precarious family situation.
Yelzat Eskendir
A young Kazakh director, he graduated from the Kazakh National University Al-Farabi in philology, and attended a master's program at the National Art Academy "T. Zhurgenov" in Almaty (Kazakhstan). The Off-Season (2016) is his debut short film.
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Subject Oralkhan BokeyevScreenplay Yelzat Eskendir, Omirzhan AbdykalykCinematography Meyirbek BespayevSound Igor GladkiyEditing Maksim KaratayevMusic Kuat ShildebayevMain cast Asylbolat Smagulov, Bayan Kazhnabiyeva, Duliga Akmolda, Maksat AbdirakhmanProducer Sergey Azimov, Dariya Azimova, Anna VilgelmiProduction company Tanaris Production
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