In an isolated village in the Kazakhstan mountains, Erken, a boy of 12, lives with his mother, a beautiful and alluring single woman. One night, when the mother is visited by a hunter, Erken steals the latters horse and his gun to hold up a shop. Sought by the police, he is found by the hunter who gives him a choice: to go to prison or to go and live with him in the mountains. Thus begins a voyage of initiation, in the course of which the hunter tries to pass on his taste for and understanding of life.
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Serik Aprimov Director
First release August 9, 2004 · Produced in France, Japan, Kazakhstan, Switzerland · Production East Cinema
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NHK
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East Cinema
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France · Japan · Kazakhstan · Switzerland
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Original title
Okhotnik
Original language
Kazakh
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Kazakh
Release dates
Switzerland · August 9, 2004
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Netherlands
September 15, 2005 · Theatrical
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