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Harmony Lessons
(Uroki garmonii)

by Emir BAIGAZIN

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The success of Harmony Lessons – this remarkable debut feature of the young Kazakh director Emir Baigazin – lies in its ability to solve, shot after shot and with unerring precision, the intriguing enigma of its title. Thirteen-year-old Aslan, brought up by his grandmother on a remote farm, goes to school each day in the nearest village. He hears his teachers talk about science, literature and history, but what he learns there is a different and terrible lesson, alone against all, against everything. The humiliation and bullying of his classmates increasingly traumatise the boy. Baigazin depicts this crescendo with an impressive mastery of rhythm. Far from any melodramatic treatment, the filmmaker successfully and uncompromisingly denounces a civil society plagued by corruption and violence.

G.M.

  • Titre français
    Leçons d’harmonie
  • Original title
    Uroki garmonii
  • Titre international
    Harmony Lessons
  • Scénario
    Emir Baigazin
  • Photo
    Aziz Zhambakiyev
  • Montage
    Emir Baigazin
  • Son
    Erlan Ytepbergenov
  • Interprétation
    Timur Aidarbekov, Aslan Anarbayev, Mukhtar Andassov, Anelya Adilbekova
  • Production
    Kazakhfilm Studios
  • Producteur délégué
    Anna Katchko
  • Directeur artistique
    Juliya Levitskaya
  • Coproduction
    The Post Republic, Arizona Films, Rohfilm
  • Distribution
    Arizona Distribution : contact@arizonafilms.net
  • Support de projection
    DCP
  • Sous-titrage
    VOSTF
  • Ratio
    1:85

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