Director: Talgat Temenov
Cinematographer: Gueorgui Guidt
Music: T. Moukhamedjanov
Cast: Aykyn Kalykov, N. Ikhtymbaiev, B. Nourlybaieva
Production: Studio Mosfilm
Distribution:
Cinema Public Films
84 rue du président Wilson
92300 Levallois Perret
France
Tel: 00 33 1.41.27.01.44
Fax: 0033 1.42.70.06.65
Mail: [email protected]
www.cinemapublicfilms.com
Year: 1988
35 mm, Color, 94 min
French Version
Grand Prize Ciné-Junior 1994
Samat lives with his grandmother. When he adopts a small wolf his worst enemy becomes the hunter Asanbeck, who intends to take him away for embalming him. To escape the man, he risks drowning, but the hunter saves him.
Debut feature of Talgat Temenov, A wolf cub among people appears right from the tart as a very strong movie, able to create strong emotions. The plot is both simple and strong, thanks to the particular way of working of the director: the picture quality is incredible without being simply formal, the dramatic plot device is well-thought, and the camera movements perfectly adapted to capture landscapes and human faces...