Director: Aitore Zholdaskali
Cast: Ayan Utepbergen, Dilnaz Kurmangali
A young couple makes a dangerous fortune by faking cancer in this biting Kazakh thriller
Set in the sprawling Kazakh metropolis of Almaty, this blood-pumping thriller follows Azamat (Ayan Utepbergen) and Tansholpan (Dilnaz Kurmangali), a young couple who are recently married and terribly broke. When violent debt collectors knock on their door, the two hatch up a plan with dangerous consequences: to fake Tansholpan’s terminal cancer to rack up donations. When the scam goes viral, the two find themselves embroiled in a dangerous web of lies that gives this fast-paced, stylish social satire about the throes of capitalism and the underbelly of social media a razor-sharp edge. (RAFA SALES ROSS)
Credits
Director: | Aitore Zholdaskali |
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Screenwriter: | Aldiyar Zhaparkhanov, Kazybek Orazbek |
Producers: | Almas Zhali, Askhat Usmanov, Kuanysh Beisekov, Anna Katchko, Aitore Zholdaskali |
Director of Photography: | Bagdat Argynov |
Production Design: | Olzhas Almenov |
Editor: | Shalkar Taneke |
Costume Designer: | Akbope Abdrash |
Casting By: | Dastan Kasymshal |