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Kelin

2009 · 84 min

A quiet, austere tale told almost without words, unfolding slowly against harsh mountain landscapes with a mounting sense of unease.

Directed by
Ermek Tursunov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gulsharat Zhubaeva, Turakhan Sadykova, Erzhan Nurymbet
Overview
A woman is led by her family to her new husband's home, to live with, presumably, his elderly mother and younger brother. Despite being forced into the marriage, she discovers that he is not such a bad catch after all but domestic bliss does not last long.

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Directed by
Ermek Tursunov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gulsharat Zhubaeva, Turakhan Sadykova, Erzhan Nurymbet
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • identity
    • family
    • love
    • betrayal
    Places
    • countryside
    • home
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance5
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Ermek Tursunov
    Written by
    Marat Sarulu, Aktan Arym Kubat, Ermek Tursunov
    Starring
    Gulsharat Zhubaeva, Turakhan Sadykova, Erzhan Nurymbet, Kuandyk Kystykbaev, Nurzhan Turganbayev
    Music
    Edil Husainov
    Cinematography
    Murat Aliyev
    Runtime
    84 min
    Country
    Kazakhstan
    Languages
    No Language

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