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Killer
Tueur à gages
Kazakhstan, France
1998
80 Min
Color
1.66:1
Russian
Subtitled in English
Audio in Russian
Synopsis
Marat works as a personal driver in Almaty, capital of Kazakhstan. When he hits a Mercedes, the nightmare begins. The loan he accepts to pay for the damages puts him at the mercy of a mafia boss. Marat becomes the victim of violence, daily humiliation and events out of his control. He is forced to consider a “contract”: the release of his debts in exchange for the murder of a bothersome journalist. –Celluloid Dreams
Director
Darezhan Omirbaev
Omirbaev was born on March 15, 1958 in the village of Uyuk, in the Djambul region of Kazakhstan. In 1980, he received a degree in applied mathematics from the University of Kazakhistan. He went on to work as a professor and programmer, and eventually an editor at Kazakh Film Studios.
In 1987, he finished his studies at VGIK (Institute of Advanced Cinema Studies in Moscow) with a thesis on cinema semiotics based on the theories of Pasolini, Metz, Jakobson and Mitry. For several years, Omirbaev worked as a film theorist and critic for the magazine New Film.
In 1992, he directed his first film Kairat, and afterward Kardiogramma (1995), Killer (1998) and The Road (2001).
Omirbaev is an exceptionally talented technician, but he is much more than just that. He handles the illusions between reality an dream with unsettling and uncanny verve. —asiaticafilmmediale.it
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Barabanchik
30Sep11
Great portrayal of life in Kazakhstan at the times of Bandit capitalism. The lead was a bit of a wimp though,i mean he should have gotten out of that cafe in Russia as soon as the bikers left instead of finishing his soup. Overall an interesting watch. oh...Loved the poster of Viktor Tsoi in the hallway of his apartment.
Răpciune
25Sep11
the film was about kazakhstan and the urban landscape looks identical to cities in russia, ukraine, moldova - the ghastly ugliness of the ex-soviet bloc, with its grey despondency, misery-overridden people,.its new-found kinkiness and obese neo-rich. arbitrary justice, despair and fraud, terror, puppet authorities and electricity cut at night - tens of millions live like this in the wake of the monster's collapse.
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By Ryan Conrath on August 28, 2009
Meh…
Not the most stimulating film. And not all that artful. It wants to be much more than it is. The filmmaker obviously has a knack for orchestrating some really unique moments, but some of… read review
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