72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Razzhimaya kulaki / Unclenching the Fists

Kira Kovalenko
Russia      97 m.
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High in the mountains of North Ossetia the small mining town of Mizur nestles between the sheer cliffs. Following certain dramatic events, Zaur moved his children Ada, Akim and Dakko here. Zaur is a strict father who prizes discipline above all and doesn't feel the difference between care and overprotection. His eldest son, Akim, already escaped from his father to work in Rostov, the closest city to Mizur. His younger brother, Dakko, has yet to decide what he wants from life, and their sister Ada is actively planning her escape. She is a grown woman but her father still treats her as a baby. Ada will soon realize that it will be very hard to escape her father's embrace and begin her own new life. The return of Akim will illuminate the family's unspoken and unhealed traumas.

Director
Kira Kovalenko (Russia)
Screenplay
Kira Kovalenko , Anton Yarush, Lyubov Mulmenko
Production
Non-Stop Production (Russia)
Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov
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Wild Bunch (France)
Photography
Pavel Fomintsev
Edition
Mukharam Kabulova, Vincent Devaux
Sound
Rostisla Alimov
Cast
Milana Aguzarova, Alik Karaev, Soslan Khugaev, Khetag Bibilov, Arsen Khetagurov, Milana Pagieva
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
97 m.
Original language of the film
Ossetian
Country
Russia
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