Probably the most prolific director of the contemporary Kazhak cinema, Adilkhan Yerzhanov is in Tallinn with two films. “Ulbolsyn” (What My Sister Is Up Against) runs in the main competition of PÖFF – where it has its world premiere, while the insanely bonkers dramedy “Yellow Cat” screens in the ‘Current Waves’ program. Two months after Venice Iff where it competed in the Orizzonti selection, densely followed by San Sebastian, “Yellow Cat” is in Tallinn to conquer the audience, and it will probably continue to travel the world in tow with its younger sibling.
“Yellow Cat” is screening at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Yerzanov loves to compare his characters to heroes of ancient folklore and he has a special place in the Kazhak pantheon for his screen hero Kermek who is a modern version of Er-tostik, a paladin from the ancient popular fairtytale. Kermek (Azamat Nigmanov) doesn’t wear a shiny...
“Yellow Cat” is screening at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Yerzanov loves to compare his characters to heroes of ancient folklore and he has a special place in the Kazhak pantheon for his screen hero Kermek who is a modern version of Er-tostik, a paladin from the ancient popular fairtytale. Kermek (Azamat Nigmanov) doesn’t wear a shiny...
- 11/24/2020
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Under a lowering sky, in front of a makeshift movie screen hastily erected on a Kazakh hillside, a loose-limbed, unkempt young man performs a shambolically graceful version of Gene Kelly’s “Singin’ in the Rain” for an audience of one rapt viewer. This scene is Adhilkan Yerzhanov’s “Yellow Cat” in miniature: a film that apes its influences with such infectious, idiosyncratic enthusiasm that it ends up entirely its own, lovely little thing. The fabulously distinctive Kazakh filmmaker’s most accessible and purely enjoyable film to date is steeped in offbeat cinephilia, ultimately operating as a cock-eyed tribute to Terrence Malick’s “Badlands,” an outlaw-lovers-on-the-run tale that meshes sly genre acumen with sharp social satire to deliver a droll and delightful riff on an age-old story: lovable misfits pursuing untenable dreams in a world hardwired against dreamers.
A lonesome figure traipses across the featureless Kazakh steppe. Even from this distance,...
A lonesome figure traipses across the featureless Kazakh steppe. Even from this distance,...
- 9/18/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Author: Steven Neish
In the years since the Cold War, during which the Soviet Union engineered a team of superheroes under the Patriot programme, the Iron Curtain has fallen and the subjects have gone into hiding outside of the new Russian border. When one of Patriot’s founding members resurfaces years later and uses his abilities to hijack a number of advanced paramilitary robots, Major Elena Larina (Valeriya Shkirando) is tasked with reuniting the estranged teammates. Comprising Ler Landman (Sebastien Sisak), a monk with the ability to control mountains; Ursus (Anton Pampushnyy), a were-bear who can transform at will; Khan Windman (Sanzhar Madiyev), a martial artist capable of teleportation; and Xenia Waterwoman (Alina Lanina), an invisible woman who can walk on water, Patriot aims to stop August Kuratov (Stanislav Shirin) from taking over the world.
In the over-saturated market of superhero movies it is becoming increasingly difficult to stand out,...
In the years since the Cold War, during which the Soviet Union engineered a team of superheroes under the Patriot programme, the Iron Curtain has fallen and the subjects have gone into hiding outside of the new Russian border. When one of Patriot’s founding members resurfaces years later and uses his abilities to hijack a number of advanced paramilitary robots, Major Elena Larina (Valeriya Shkirando) is tasked with reuniting the estranged teammates. Comprising Ler Landman (Sebastien Sisak), a monk with the ability to control mountains; Ursus (Anton Pampushnyy), a were-bear who can transform at will; Khan Windman (Sanzhar Madiyev), a martial artist capable of teleportation; and Xenia Waterwoman (Alina Lanina), an invisible woman who can walk on water, Patriot aims to stop August Kuratov (Stanislav Shirin) from taking over the world.
In the over-saturated market of superhero movies it is becoming increasingly difficult to stand out,...
- 6/29/2017
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
One more trailer for this crazy awesome Russian superhero action movie titled Guardians, or Zashchitniki (Защитники) in Russian. We've previously featured two different trailers for this movie, but this final one might be the best yet. At the very least, it's packed with action - and this action is seriously impressive. I might go see this just for the action scenes alone, even if they're totally CGI, they still look cool. The plot is about a "Patriot" program that created a superhero squad, which included members of multiple soviet republics. There's a psychopath who wields sleek curved swords, a telekinetic, an invisible witch, and the most badass one of all, a massive "Werebear" wielding a minigun. Starring Valeriya Shkirando, Sanzhar Madiyev, Alina Lanina, Anton Pampushnyy, Sebastien Sisak & Vyacheslav Razbegaev. Fire it up. Here's the final official trailer for for Sarik Andreasyan's Guardians, or Zashchitniki, found on YouTube: You can...
- 1/14/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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