Harmony Lessons
Uroki garmonii
2013, Film, 120 min, Drama, Kazakh, Germany, MoviePedia score 67
During a medical examination, 13-year-old Aslan is humiliated in front of a load of his fellow pupils. The incident unleashes his latent personality disorder. Plagued by self-doubt, he strives for cleanliness and perfection and is obsessed with trying to control everything around him. His compulsion draws Aslan, who lives with his grandmother in a village in Kazakhstan, into increasingly difficult situations. He abhors the way most of his fellow pupils are held in the sway of a criminal scheme, in which Bolat, one of Aslan’s tormentors, is also involved. Bolat blackmails the younger children into paying him protection money; he has nothing but contempt for ostracised Aslan.
Directed by Emir Baigazin
Cast
- Timur Aidarbekov as Aslan
- Aslan Anarbayev as Bolat
- Mukhtar Andassov as Mirsain
- Anelya Adilbekova as Akzhan
- Omar Adilov as Mad
- Adlet Anarbekov as Takhir
- Daulet Anarbekov as Damir
- Nursultan Nurbergenov as Maksat
- Nurdaulet Orazymbetov as Daniyar
- Erasyl Nurzhakyp as Arsen
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