Kazakhstan’s “Kelin” Shortlisted for an Oscar!
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Translaton of mursya‘s post (RUS).
ulan writes:
Today (probably yesterday in America), the Kazakh film “Kelin” (“The Daughter-in-Law,” directed by Ermek Tursunov) was shortlisted with 8 others for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Kazakhfilm’s leadership was initially against the film. I admit, I haven’t seen it myself, but there was a lot of talk surrounding it. A book with the same name came out, too.
We can deduce something from this about the quality of bosses at Kazakhfilm. They continue dumping second-rate material into the domestic market, while “Kelin” gets nominated for the Oscar.
The ceremony, if I am not mistaken, is in March. I congratulate the producers. Keep educating our country and earning it fame!
PS.: A piece on “Kelin” at kino.kz
UPD. The Russian internet is buzzing with news that Shakhnazarov’s “Ward #6” was not shortlisted, while our media haven’t mentioned “Kelin’s” success at all :(
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Saw it when it came out this summer in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The audience was… unappreciative. Lots of laughing and nervous chuckles through the sex and masturbation scenes, and confused disgust during the goat sex scene. You think I’m describing Borat, don’t you?
I’m not. This film was BEAUTIFULLY filmed and the score was amazing. The story, however, was AWFUL, in my opinion. We showed it at our film series on campus at Indiana University, though, and a college-type audience would enjoy it. Not sure if Kazakh Film realizes who its target audience is…
The film, by the way, is Bez Slov… no dialogue. The films titles are in Kazakh and English – no Russian whatsoever. And yet, the book was in Russian – there may have been a Kazakh translation, but I was unable to find it, and I was actually looking for it.
In any event, I own a copy of it myself, so you know I think the film has redeeming capabilities. But I hope to Christ this film doesn’t win the Oscar, as Borat will have to make a re-appearance just for this film’s sake.
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