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HORSE THIEVES
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Completed - KAZAKH, RUSSIAN - Drama - 81 minutes

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2020 (Debut)
Full history

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Yerlan NURMUKHAMBETOV, Lisa TAKEBA
Cast : Samal YESLYAMOVA, Mirai MORIYAMA

Synopsis

One morning, a man goes to a town market to sell his horses with the other villagers. After exchanging affectionate glances with his wife and leaving his children, the man goes to the market and is killed by horse thieves. The wife holds the man’s funeral and decides to return to her family with her kids. Then, another man who left her 8 years ago without leaving any notes appears and helps the woman move. Somehow, the son of the wife resembles the man. They go out on horseback together and bump into the horse thieves.

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN, KAZAKHSTAN

Festivals and Awards

Busan - BIFF/APM 2019 (Opening Film)


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