Night god
Ночной бог - 2017 - Color - 113 mn
Original version with English subtitles - Republic of Kazakhstan
Drama
- Direction
Adilkhan Yerzhanov - Production
Serik Abishev, Olga Khlasheva - Screenplay
Adilkhan Yerzhanov - Photography
Yedige Nessipbekov - Music by
Ilya Gariyev, Nurassyl Nuridin - With
Bajmurat Zhumanov, Aliya Yerzhanova, Nurbek Nukushev, Theoman Khos
International premiere
Thursday 13 September 2018 - 18:15 - Showroom 300 - In the presence of the director - Q&A after the screening
Sunday 16 September 2018 - 21:30 - Showroom 100
A father and daughter travel through an apocalyptic world where light seems to have disappeared, save for a few meteorites lighting up the darkness. In this nightmarish, violent and absurd land, it is said that whoever sees the Night God shall perish.
By directing this series of living paintings, worthy of Peter Greenaway or Nicolas Winding Refn's work, like so many pieces of a phantasmagorical puzzle, Yerzhanov leads us into a tacky Kafkaesque maze, unafraid to claw at the powers that be. One of the very remarkable films at this year's Moscow Festival. Fascinating and chilling.
