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...nothing personal, just revenge.
The Kazakh village Karatas has long been subjugated by a criminal boss called Poshaev. He provides housing and jobs for the locals but will ruthlessly execute anyone who dares to oppose him. This is the lesson the pauper Arzu is about to learn first-hand—his wife Karina has informed the police about the crimes that are taking place there. Arzu is a cripple; now he must raise his little daughter alone. He is so helpless and grief-stricken that he doesn’t even seem to be contemplating revenge. Poshaev takes him under his wing and offers him the position of a guard at a building site. Soon Arzu has a chance to prove his loyalty, and he becomes Poshaev’s right hand. But where do Arzu’s real loyalties lie—with his boss or with the idea of justice?Read moreLess
The Kazakh village Karatas has long been subjugated by a criminal boss called Poshaev. He provides housing and jobs for the locals but will ruthlessly execute anyone who dares to oppose him. This is the lesson the pauper Arzu is about to learn first-hand—his wife Karina has informed the police about the crimes that are taking place there. Arzu is a cripple; now he must raise his little daughter alone. He is so helpless and grief-stricken that he doesn’t even seem to be contemplating revenge. Poshaev takes him under his wing and offers him the position of a guard at a building site. Soon Arzu has a chance to prove his loyalty, and he becomes Poshaev’s right hand. But where do Arzu’s real loyalties lie—with his boss or with the idea of justice?
The story
The Kazakh village Karatas has long been subjugated by a criminal boss called Poshaev. He provides housing and jobs for the locals but will ruthlessly execute anyone who dares to oppose him. This is the lesson the pauper Arzu is about to learn first-hand—his wife Karina has informed the police about the crimes that are taking place there. Arzu is a cripple; now he must raise his little daughter alone. He is so helpless and grief-stricken that he doesn’t even seem to be contemplating revenge. Poshaev takes him under his wing and offers him the position of a guard at a building site. Soon Arzu has a chance to prove his loyalty, and he becomes Poshaev’s right hand. But where do Arzu’s real loyalties lie—with his boss or with the idea of justice?
Cast & crew
Berik AitzhanovArzu
Daniyar AlshinovPoshaev
Dmitry ChebotarevSecurity Chief
Aleksandra RevenkoTanya
Yerken GubashevKesha
Almira TursynArzu's wife
Nurbek MukushevNurbo
Yerbolat AlkozhaprecinctExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Aydar Sharipov
- Screenplay
- Adilkhan Yerzhanov
- Director
- Adilkhan Yerzhanov
- Producer
- Nurassyl Jarbassov
- Producer
- Georgy Shabanov
- Producer
- Ablaikhan Ashimov
- Producer
- Olga Khlasheva
- Producer
- Serik Abishev
- Producer
- Gibrat Sarsenov
- Original Music Composer
- Galymzhan Moldanazar
- Editor
- Azamat Utianov
- Producer
- Natalia Drozd
- Producer
- Alexandre Kochnev