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At Least in the Movies

2022 · 97 min

A wry, slow-burning moral comedy where a corrupt official's fake illness forces him to face the squalor he created.

Directed by
Timur Dulatov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Dauren Sergazin, Tulepbergen Baisakalov, Ashim Akhmetov
Overview
The official Kairat wins the tender for the construction of the hospital. He promises to make a world-class clinic out of it, but it turns out to be just beautiful words, but in fact a corrupt official builds himself a luxurious dacha with taxpayers' money. Soon the financial police will find out about it, and in order not to go to jail, Kairat, on the advice of his lawyer, decides to pretend to be sick and lie in the hospital. Ironically, he finds himself in the very clinic that he shamelessly robbed.

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Directed by
Timur Dulatov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Dauren Sergazin, Tulepbergen Baisakalov, Ashim Akhmetov
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • guilt
  • class
  • power
  • redemption
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Timur Dulatov
Written by
Askhat Toktarkhanov
Starring
Dauren Sergazin, Tulepbergen Baisakalov, Ashim Akhmetov, Kilishbek Kasimbekov
Runtime
97 min
Country
Kazakhstan
Languages
Kazakh

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