The Plague at the Karatas Village

The Plague at the Karatas Village (Russian: Чума в ауле Каратас) is a 2016 Kazakh film directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov.[1][2] The film is part of the Kazakh Partisan Cinema, a guerrilla filmmaking movement that aims to work without any governmental interference.[3]

The Plague at the Karatas Village
Directed byAdilkhan Yerzhanov
Written byAdilkhan Yerzhanov
Produced bySerik Abishev
Olga Khlasheva
StarringAibek Kudabayev
Tolganay Talgat
Release date
  • January 31, 2016 (2016-01-31) (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
Running time
86 min.
CountryKazakhstan
LanguagesRussian, Kazakh

Plot

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A new mayor arrives in a small Kazakh village and finds out there is a mysterious plague infecting the villagers, while locals insist it's only a flu.

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References

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  1. ^ "The Plague at the Karatas Village [SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED]". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ Smailova, Inna. "Adilkhan Yerzhanov: The Plague at the Karatas Village (Chuma v aule Karatas/ Karatas auylyndagy oba, 2016)". KinoKlutura. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ The Partisan Movement, or Kazakhstan's New Wave Cinema by Eduardo Guillot
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