Darezhan Omirbaev

19 May 12
Cannes 2012. Darezhan Omirbaev's "Student"
Daniel Kasman
Kazakh master Darezhan Omirbaev continues adapting Russian literature—after Chekhov and Tolstoy—with a moving, pared Crime and Punishment.
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