Harmony Lessons
7.6 /10 1 Votes
Director Emir Baigazin Screenplay Emir Baigazin Duration Country KazakhstanGermany | 7.4/10 IMDb Genre Drama Producer Anna Katchko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Emir Baigazin (screenplay) Release date 14 February 2013 (2013-02-14) (Berlin) Initial release December 5, 2013 (Kazakhstan) Cast Timur Aidarbekov (Aslan), Aslan Anarbayev , Mukhtar Andassov Similar movies The Recruiter (2004), The Road (2001), Ulzhan (2007), The Market: A Tale of Trade (2008), Prisoner of the Mountains (1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harmony Lessons (Kazakh: Асланның сабақтары, Russian: Уроки гармонии) is a 2013 Kazakh-German drama film directed by Emir Baigazin. The film premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival where Aziz Zhambakiyev won the award for an outstanding artistic contribution.
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Plot
Harmony Lessons is set in a small Kazakhstan village, where Aslan, a thirteen-year-old boy living with his grandmother is a diligent student, bullied by an older boy Bolat and his gang connected with adult criminals and prisoners. The plot concerns Aslan's humiliations, and slow revenge.
Reception
Critical reception was positive:
In this insightful Kazakh film, symbolism and striking cinematography help us navigate the complicated landscape of a teenager’s mind after the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Emir Baigazin wrote, edited and directed this fascinating Darwinist first feature, which, through his still shots, reminds us of Bresson and the best parts of Japanese film noir. — Frédéric Boyer at the Tribeca Film Festival
It’s stark and surreal, strange and beautiful, and while perhaps overstretched in the final act, it’s entirely riveting. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
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References
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